Prayers sent to heaven have no days off. There are no days off at the most prayed places in the world. The Wailing Wall of Jerusalem is no exception. She saw many and many: beggars and billionaires, priests and astronauts, politicians and the righteous.
An ancient Jewish legend says: when the stones of the Wailing Wall cry, Moshiach (the Messiah) will come to the earth and all the Jews of the world will worship him in the rebuilt Third Temple. Perhaps part of the prophecy has already been fulfilled? Perhaps Moshiach has already appeared on earth, because not so long ago - by historical standards - the stones of the Wall exuded tears. This happened in 1940, and then in 2002, and it is still not clear why the stones were crying: for banal technical reasons due to malfunctions in the hose system, or was it a partial performance of centuries-old prayers?
The emergence of the Kotel
Many millennia ago, in the place where now only huge monolithic stones rise majestically, a beautiful Temple was built by the wise king Solomon. He stood for nearly four hundred years, but one of the many conquerors came to the land of the ancient Jews and destroyed it. Exactly fifty years have passed and, seemingly, forever swept off the face of the earth by the Babylonian king Novohudanosor, the Temple has risen again - more beautiful than before. He was called the Second. Legends about his greatness spread throughout the world, but again, four hundred and fifty years later, during one of the Judean Wars, this Temple was destroyed. All that was left of it was only the Western Wall, which served as a temple defense, but did not protect the Jewish shrine. Its length is only 156 meters and the place in front of it is unevenly divided for prayers into male and female parts. There heaven hear prayers for sorrow and joy for more than five millennia.
What are the stones crying for
How many prayers did the Wailing Wall hear? How much was able to convey to the address? Only she knows. Every day, old people and children, men and women of different faiths send prayers in front of her, because the Wall belongs not only to Jews, it has long belonged to the world, and the Jews do not mind.
Moreover, they know that one day, centuries-old prayers-regrets for the destroyed Temple will be heard and the Third, even more beautiful Temple will rise on this place, and then Moshiach will come. Is this a pipe dream that cries every few decades about the Wall of the destroyed Temple? After all, the modern world certainly does not portend anything like that.
Or maybe she cries for all those whose prayers have remained unanswered? Or those who died in numerous wars and never saw an ancient Jewish shrine? I didn’t see, in spite of the old covenant, which was made by Jews all over the world for two thousand years: "Meet me next year in Jerusalem!.."
Who knows
.But another legend says that if you come to the Wall on Sorrowful Day on 9th of August - the day of mourning, when the first and second Temples were destroyed - then one day you can see how the stones cry, and then
Then, having prayed, you can change everything in your life and the life of your loved ones.
