Western Wall

 

Yesterday morning Marie and I went to do a little grocery shopping before Shabbat started and a lot of things shut down. Above is a picture of Challah that I got. So, so good!

 

In the evening we walked back to the Old City to find the Western Wall. It was pretty quite and there was little to no traffic since it was close to sunset.

 

 

 

On our way back from the Wall trying to squeeze our way through the narrow, crowded streets, a Jewish man stopped us and asked, "Amish? You Amish?!" Marie smiled and said, "No. Mennonites. But close." The guy looked slightly confused, smiled, and continued down the street.

 

 

 

 

Here you can see the divider for the men and women's side. Since it was Shabbat it was actually rather busy. And I'm pretty sure the women that are peeking over the divider are tourists standing on chairs. I don't think they came to pray :)!

Wayne went down to the wall on the men's side, and Marie and I did the same on the women's. There was a group of young people there from Atlanta, Georgia, that were yelling, clapping, and singing in a circle. And something similar was happening on the men's side. So it didn't feel like a terribly reverent holy place at the time.

 

A view of part of Jerusalem