“If a nation and a country have a soul – then Jerusalem is their soul,” said Ben Gurion. He imagined the many pilgrims making their way up to Jerusalem and to the Kotel and understood the longing, the joy, and the desire to touch the stones of the Kotel and pray near them.
Photo: Ben Gurion with Teddy Kollek (former mayor of Jerusalem) at the Western Wall, courtesy of Rabbi Shechter’s family
Wholehearted – and Well: Parashat Shoftim
Parashat Shoftim 5786 Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, Rabbi of the Western Wall and Holy Sites Among many people, a tamim – a “simple” or “naive” person
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August 10, 2026
