Western Wall

Benjamin, Samuel and Steven are in the foreground at the Western Wall.  I'm not in this picture, because women are limited to a much narrower section to the right of this picture.  Jessica and I went to the women's section and I left a note in the cracks in the wall, carefully backing away afterward, so I did not turn my back on the wall.  The Western Wall (Kotel) is what is left of the Jewish Second Temple. The Second Temple was destroyed in 70 AD by Roman Emperor Titus, and was never rebuilt, and it would be difficult to do so now, as the Muslims built the Dome of the Rock at the temple site about 600 years later.  So, it is just the wall to the west of the temple that is left and is held so sacred.