Built more than 2,000 years ago, the «Kotel Hamaaravi» (Western wall) is a trace of the Temple of Jerusalem (the «Bet haMiqdach»), which is the most holy place for Jews. Three times a day, Jews from all over the world turn themselves in direction of this Wall, whether they are at home or in a Synagogue.

At the Kotel, people pray to G.od. Everyone does it in his own langage, at his own time.
There, people say prayers individually or together.
Some « minyanim » (a group of at least 10 people enabling them to say special prayers) get created spontaneously all day long. All of them gather to share an extraordinary experience that is a prayer at the Wall : men wearing Hassidic coats, tourists from all the countries equipped with digital cameras going around the world. In the middle of the night or the day, you can hear prayer whispers...

This word means, in Yiddesh « little piece of paper », a kind of note or message.

Some people might ask for the recovery of some ill person, another will ask for a soul mate, a third one will look for help to overcome a personal issue...