On Fridays at sunset and on the eve Feast days and Fast days Orthodox Jews gather at the Wall to mourn "the Temple that is destroyed" and the "majesty that is departed" from Israel. Jewish people gather at the Wailing Wall today to remember the Temple, the place where God's presence had been manifested as the sacrifices were made. Great stones with Herodian masonry from the first century can be seen in the lower part of the wall. The Western Wall stands 60 feet high and approximately 160 feet long. For hundreds of years this wall was a place of "wailing", prayers, and pilgrimages. The Jews refer to it as the Western Wall (Kotel Maaravi). The "Wailing Wall" stands today in Jerusalem as one of the most significant holy places to both Jews and Christians, in the whole world. The Second Temple was finally completed only seven years before the Romans came and destroyed the Temple in 70 AD. and its construction continued long after Herod's death. King Herod's Temple began as a remodeling project in 19 B.C. The Wailing Wall is all that remains of the Jerusalem Temple where Jesus taught and healed.
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