Yom Kippur - Day of Awe, Go Mobile
Posted on October 6th, 2008 in Blogroll, Jerusalem, Judaism |
This is the Golden Age…Everyone’s gone mobile!
Is it Awe or the Atonement that gets us nervous? Either way, this Thursday is the most special day of the year. It’s the day above all others when G_d is listening and expecting you to fess up. What better way to prepare for this day than with a visit to the holy sites in Jerusalem?
I visited the Kotel yesterday. The Western Wall is on the top five list of the Jewish people’s holiest places.
This wall was built over 2,000 years ago towards the end of the 2nd Temple era. It was one of the retaining walls that surrounded the Temple which sat atop what is today the Al-Aqsa Mosque (with the golden dome).
A well-known Jewish custom is to place notes to G_d in the cracks between the bricks. This man decided to go mobile and phone in his prayers 
Western Wall - Jewish custom - notes to G_d are placed in the cracks.
Mobile Prayers - phoning in to G_d