[SkyDancer]

A a Jew I guess I don't have a clue ...Jews from all countries, and as well as tourists of other religious backgrounds, go to pray at the wall, where many people believe that one immediately has the "ear of God." People who cannot pray at the wall can send in prayers or ask for the Kaddish, a specific Jewish prayer, to be said for departed loved ones. Prayers that are sent in are placed into the cracks of the walls and are called kvitelach. There might be a small charge for this service, depending on the person or organization that is providing the service. When the small pieces of papers become too numerous — more than 1 million are placed each year — they are removed and buried

You'll have to excuse me for crying there.

[Stingray]

“Jews from all countries, and as well as tourists of other religious backgrounds, go to pray at the wall, where many people believe that one immediately has the “ear of God.”

I understand and appreciate your sentiment, but Jerusalem and its Temple were destroyed by both the bloody civil war within the city and the war with Rome without. It represents the destruction of a people, nation, religion, and a way of life. It’s a sad, tragic story that need not have happened if that generation living within its walls had heeded their last prophet. That compounds the tragedy.

“God’s ear” is attuned to those who humble themselves before Him, wherever they are.

All may freely come into the Holy of Holies, as it has been for 2,000 years. The Temple represented a wall of separation between Gentile and Jew and between God and mankind. Jesus Christ tore down that wall. And lest you think I’m anti-Jewish: I am not. Jesus was a Jew and I follow Him. I wish we all did.