Hello, I would like to present you my work concerning the tourism information in Jerusalem. Jerusalem is the capital and the largest city of Israel. The city is located between the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea, about 93 km east of Tel Aviv-Yafo. The city straddles the Judean Hills, which run north-south in Israel. The city is built on a cluster of hilltops and valleys.
The Old City of Jerusalem contains many religious and historical sites. A wall was constructed around the Old City in AD 1538 during the reign of the Ottoman ruler Suleiman I. I dwell on the Wailing Wall. It is considered by both Jews and Muslims as a significant and holy site.The Wailing Wall, also referred to as the Kotel, is located in the Old Quarter of East Jerusalem in Israel. It is 57 meters tall, or 187 feet, built of thick, corroded limestone, and is close to 500 meters in length, though most of it is engulfed in other structures.
For the Jews, it is one of the last remaining portions of the ancient Temple of Solomon (an outer wall, in fact). The original length is estimated to have been around 485 meters; today what remains is just 60 meters long. The largest stone is 45 feet long, 15 feet deep, 15 feet high, and has an estimated weight of more than one million pounds.
No one knows when it the Jewish tradition of offering prayers there. Thus, praying there is like praying directly to God through the wall. Originally called simply the Western Wall, it acquired the name Wailing Wall because of the nature of the prayers said there. In addition to spoken prayers, it is also common for prayers to be written on slips are paper which are slipped into the cracks.
There is a large area here open 24 hours a day. It’s interesting to note that in the middle there is a fence separating men from women – Orthodox Jewish men don’t believe that it is acceptable to pray right alongside women. Men, of course, are given the much larger area for prayers.
The Wailing Wall remains a sacred place for Jews and others, who often pray, sometimes wail, and sometimes slip prayers written on paper through the wall’s welcoming fissures.
Библиографическая ссылка
Юшкина Е.В., Латина С.В. ТУРИЗМ В ИЕРУСАЛИМЕ // Современные наукоемкие технологии. – 2013. – № 7-1. – С. 64-64;URL: https://top-technologies.ru/ru/article/view?id=31887 (дата обращения: 21.11.2024).