Western Wall Tunnel
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The Western Wall Tunnel is a tunnel exposing the Western Wall slightly north from where the traditional, open-air prayer site ends and up to the Wall's northern end. Most of the tunnel is in continuat
Hasmonean Channel at the northern end of the Western Wall tunnel
Route of the Western Wall Tunnel
Women praying in the tunnel at the closest physical point to the Holy of Holies
The Western Stone, biggest stone of the wall
Holy of Holies
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The Holy of Holies or Devir is a term in the Hebrew Bible that refers to the inner sanctuary of the Tabernacle, where the Shekhinah appeared. According to Hebrew tradition, the area was defined by fou
Western Wall Tunnel
…to the ruins of the Temple. Rabbi Yehuda Getz built a synagogue just outside the gate, since today it is the closest point a Jew can pray near to the Holy of Holies, assuming it was located at the traditional site under the Dome of the Rock. Beyond the northern end of the Western Wall, remains were found of a water…
A model of the Tabernacle showing the holy place, and behind it the Holy of Holies
Depiction of a High Priest of Israel wearing the priestly breastplate and ephod, included as an illustration in a Christian Bible; the Holy of Holies is in the background (A. J. Holman Bible, 1890).
This replica of one of a pair of door-guardian lamassu illustrates the hybrid form of the twin cherubim of the Ark
Model of the Second Temple