The fifth candle of Chanukah was lit at the Western Wall Plaza in the presence of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak, Shlita, Chief Rabbi of Israel; Inspector General Ronny Alsheich, Police Commissioner; Yoram Halevy, Jerusalem District Commander; Rabbi Rami Berachyahu, Chief Rabbi of the Police; Oded Plus, Director General of Religious Services Ministry; Rabbi Moshe Dagan, Director General of Israel’s Chief Rabbinate; Rabbi Shimon Jacoby, Director General of the Rabbinical Courts; Doron Turgeman, Chief of Police; Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, Shlita, Rabbi of the Western Wall and Holy Sites.
Tradition at the Western Wall: Clearing of tens of thousands of notes
3,000 notes are sent each month through the Foundation’s website in addition to the hundreds of thousands of notes personally placed by visitors