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Robinson’s Arch
Egalitarian
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Prayer Space
Protruding from the southern end of the
Western Wall, this 1st-century BC Herodian arch A section of the Western
once held aloft a staircase leading up to the Temple Wall below Robinson’s
Mount. Archeologists believe it was destroyed during Arch has been set aside
the Roman siege of AD 70, either by attacking for non-sex-segregated
Roman legionnaires or besieged Jewish Zealots. prayers by Jews from the
Reform and Conservative
movements, to which
some Israelis and most
Diaspora Jews belong.
Many ultra-Orthodox
authorities oppose this.
Western Wall
9
Plaza
Jewish worshippers,
some wearing the dress
of the shtetl, gather at
the Western Wall (left)
to pray individually and
in groups, to celebrate
Shabbat, Jewish holidays
and life-cycle events, as
well as for swearing-in
cere monies of the IDF
(Israeli Defense Forces).

Southern Wall
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In the late Second Temple period (including
Jesus’ lifetime), the broad, sloping stairway next to
the Southern Wall brought worshippers through
arched entrances to the Temple Mount esplanade.
NEED TO KNOW Western Wall Tunnels:
MAP P4 tours 7am–late night Sun–
Thu, 7am–noon/1pm Fri;
Western Wall Plaza: Jewish adm; reserve ahead
Western Wall
Quarter, Old City; open Chain of Generations 0
24 hrs; be prepared for Center: open 9:40am– Tunnels
airport-style security 11pm Sun–Thu, 7am– Running for over 1,315 ft
Western Wall Heritage noon/1pm Fri; adm (400 m) along a section
Foundation: english. of Western Wall hidden
thekotel.org • 13-year-old Jewish boys by medieval buildings,
Southern Wall, Jerusalem often hold bar mitzvahs the tunnels (above) –
and fascinating Second
Archeological Park, here on Monday, Thursday, Temple-period arches,
Davidson Center: open and Saturday mornings. gates, passageways,
8am–5pm Sun–Thu, • The City of David
8am–2pm Fri; adm; excavations are situated and ritual baths – link
www.archpark.org.il just outside Dung Gate. the Western Wall Plaza
with the Via Dolorosa.

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Segregated Sections: men need
a head covering; women should
dress modestly