Wailing Wall Research Paper

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Considered one of the most holy places in the Jewish world, the Wailing Wall is visited millions of people each year. The wall is what is left of the second Jewish Temple. The Romans completely destroyed the temple, but left the Wailing Wall because it was not a significant piece of Jerusalem: it was just the western wall that had been a part of the wall that surrounded the temple. Jews have been traveling to the wall for centuries, where they insert a small petition. Jews have often been looked down upon for the practice of placing prayers in the wall. For example, when the Muslims had control of Jerusalem, they dumped their garbage at the wall so that any Jew who traveled to the wall was humiliated. And when the Jordanians had control