The fourth candle of Chanukah was lit at the Western Wall Plaza in the presence of Rabbi Shlomo Amar, Chief Sephardic Rabbi of Jerusalem and former of Rishon LeZion; Nir Barkat, Mayor of Jerusalem; and Rabbi Shmuel Rabbinowitz, Rabbi of the Western Wall and Holy Sites.

Prayers to the Western Wall from 140 countries: “For My House shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.”
Ahead of Rosh Hashanah, in keeping with tradition: Prayer notes placed between the stones of the Western Wall over the past six months have been removed and transferred for ritual burial.





