The Western Wall, or the Wailing Wall, is a small section of one of the four retaining walls of the Temple Mount. The walls were part of a vast complex. The construction began during the reign of King Herod the Great lasted over 70 years and was never completed. On the Temple Mount, which rises above the retaining walls, stood the First and Second Temples. Judaism as a worldview does not sanctify a place. The whole universe is the temple of the Lord. However, the Temple in Jerusalem was the only place in Judaism where the worship of God took place. The Temple Mount was the spiritual center of the Jewish people. A place of purity and observance of mitzvos. King Solomon built the First Temple of Jerusalem in the 10th century BC. 49 years after the destruction of the First Temple by Nebuchadnezzar, the Jews returned from the Babylonian exile and built the Second Temple. It was destroyed in 70 CE by the Romans.
The trip takes us from the Jaffa Gate through the Christian Quarter to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. After that, we will visit Golgotha, the stone of anointing, burial, and resurrection, St. Helena Chapel - the site where the Holy cross was found. Further, the route passes through Muristan to the Jewish Quarter, Kardo Street, excavations of the walls of Jerusalem from the time of Jesus, the mosaic of Madaba, the Hurva Synagogue, the Menorah, the panorama of the Olive and Temple Mountains, the Wailing Wall. Finally, we return to the Jaffa Gate through the Muslim Quarter, the monuments of the Mamluk architecture, and the street of David.
