Jews treat the western wall with respect, as it was one of the retaining walls of the temple mount where the holy temple stood before the romans you are most likely referring to the western wall in jerusalem.
What Do Jews Do At The Western Wall. I do love how some folks, who are not jewish, insist that they know all about judaism and how we're doing everything incorrectly. It is important to jews because it was the site of the akeidah (binding of isaac, genesis ch.22).
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There were thousands of people in the western wall plaza on a regular weekday. It's the closest to the temple that we can get now. The wall is believed by devout jews to be the western wall of the second temple of jerusalem (destroyed by the romans in 70 ce), the only surviving structure of the herodian temple built during the realm of herod the custom of worshiping at the western wall began during the medieval period.
In the year 70 ce, during the jewish rebellion jews were prohibited from praying at the top of the temple mount and started praying around the retaining walls.
Nothing like a big dose of hubris. They came on special occasions, such as tisha b'av, or to pray for help with personal. The temple was the center of judaism (1 kings ch.8) and its holiest site. Placing notes in the western wall refers to the practice of placing slips of paper containing written prayers to god into the cracks of the western wall, a jewish holy site in the old city of jerusalem.
