“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
The Story of the Almond – and of Diligence – Parashat Korach
Parashat Korach 5786 Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, Rabbi of the Western Wall and Holy Sites The stories of the Torah are not merely historical records. Their deeper
25 Sivan 5786
June 10, 2026
