Spiderman at the Wailing Wall
Tracking down the source of the hidden Kvitelach
 Superhero stalker makes it to the front of the Western Wall The Wailing Wall (or Western Wall) is in Jerusalem and is believed to be the remains of one wall of a great Jewish temple or the wall surrounding the temple’s courtyard. It’s a stone wall that extends about 62 feet (18.9 m) above the ground. The wall is considered to be a sacred site by Jews, and thousands of people make pilgrimages there each year. It’s also a source of much dispute regarding its true history, as well as a source of contention among Jews and Muslims, who consider it to be part of an ancient mosque or the wall to which the seventh-century Islamic prophet Muhammad tied his winged steed during his Night Journey. Jews consider the wall to have been part of a Jewish temple, also called the Second Temple, which stood for hundreds of years. King Herod ordered a renovation and expansion of the temple in about 19 B.C., and the work was not finished until about 50 years later. This temple was destroyed by Romans around 70 A.D., only a few years after its completion. The Wailing Wall is widely believed to be the only part still standing. Jews from all countries, Spiderman, and tourists of other religious backgrounds go to pray at the wall, where many people believe that one immediately has the “ear of God”. People who cannot pray at the wall can send in prayers or ask for the Kaddish (a specific Jewish prayer) to be said for departed loved ones. Prayers that are sent in are placed into the cracks of the walls and are called Kvitelach. When the small pieces of papers become too numerous (more than 1 million are placed each year) they are removed and buried. Prayer - the last refuge of a scoundrel. - Homer Simpson No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. - Russian Proverb Prayer is when you talk to God; meditation is when you listen to God. - Diana Robinson And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. - Matthew 21:22 Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer. - Mark Twain When we talk to God, we're praying. When God talks to us, we're schizophrenic. - Jane Wagner Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden. - Corrie ten Boom You still can't find Israel on a map of the Middle East in a Palestinian schoolbook. - Suzanne Fields I'm not normally a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me, Superman! - Homer Simpson may I be I is the only prayer - not may I be great or good or beautiful or wise or strong. - e e cummings The value of persistent prayer is not that he will hear us, but that we will finally hear him. - William McGill To give pleasure to a single heart by a single kind act is better than a thousand head-bowings in prayer. - Saadi I have drawn inspiration from the Marine Corps, the Jewish struggle in Palestine and Israel, and the Irish. - Leon Uris The Irish Catholic side was married to the life of an actor and I found out acting could be a form of prayer. - Liam Neeson Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself. - William R Inge Israel is still the only country in the world against which there is a written document to the effect that it must disappear. - Menachem Begin To have a curable illness and to leave it untreated except for prayer is like sticking your hand in a fire and asking God to remove the flame. - Sandra L. Douglas What is a prayer? Prayer is sending blessing to all. Prayer is sending your compassion to all. Prayer is creating an antidote of negative thoughts. - Osho see also Religious, Scenery & Television Sections Cellophane Spiderman Spider Girl Spiderman’s Car Spiderman Face Cup Web Designers Window Washers at a Children’s Hospital
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