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A HISTORICAL GLIMPSE AT
JERUSALEM’S WESTERN WALL
By Leib Tropper
Introduction
 A co-founder of the Kol Yaakov Torah Center, Rabbi
Leib Tropper has spent his life in service to the
Jewish community. Over the course of his career,
Rabbi Leib Tropper has spent more than a decade
in Israel, where he studied at the Yeshivas Torah
Ore in Jerusalem.
About the Western Wall
 The Western Wall, sometimes referred to as the Wailing
Wall, has been sacred to the Jewish people for centuries.
Situated on the Temple Mount, the Western Wall dates to
the reign of Herod the Great, who commissioned it during
the first century BCE as a major structural improvement to
the Second Temple of Jerusalem. Herod the Great
refurbished and expanded the Second Temple, which had
been built about 500 years previously to replace the
destroyed First Temple that had been constructed under King
Solomon circa 1000 BCE. Shortly after Herod’s
improvements were complete, the Second Temple shared a
similar fate to that of the First Temple: it was sacked by the
Romans in 70 CE, who left only the Western Wall intact.
Conclusion
 This sacred structure once towered some 90 feet
high and stretched 60 feet into the ground. It
originally supported the massive plaza upon which
the Second Temple stood. Today, Jews travel from
around the world to pray at the Wall. Many also
place prayers written on small pieces of paper into
the wall's cracks.

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A Historical Glimpse at Jerusalem’s Western Wall

  • 1. A HISTORICAL GLIMPSE AT JERUSALEM’S WESTERN WALL By Leib Tropper
  • 2. Introduction  A co-founder of the Kol Yaakov Torah Center, Rabbi Leib Tropper has spent his life in service to the Jewish community. Over the course of his career, Rabbi Leib Tropper has spent more than a decade in Israel, where he studied at the Yeshivas Torah Ore in Jerusalem.
  • 3. About the Western Wall  The Western Wall, sometimes referred to as the Wailing Wall, has been sacred to the Jewish people for centuries. Situated on the Temple Mount, the Western Wall dates to the reign of Herod the Great, who commissioned it during the first century BCE as a major structural improvement to the Second Temple of Jerusalem. Herod the Great refurbished and expanded the Second Temple, which had been built about 500 years previously to replace the destroyed First Temple that had been constructed under King Solomon circa 1000 BCE. Shortly after Herod’s improvements were complete, the Second Temple shared a similar fate to that of the First Temple: it was sacked by the Romans in 70 CE, who left only the Western Wall intact.
  • 4. Conclusion  This sacred structure once towered some 90 feet high and stretched 60 feet into the ground. It originally supported the massive plaza upon which the Second Temple stood. Today, Jews travel from around the world to pray at the Wall. Many also place prayers written on small pieces of paper into the wall's cracks.