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Women Praying at the Western Wall

2023-10-12 20:09:13

The theme of women praying at the crying wall is not only discussions between super-orthodox Jews and feminists, but now the women on the wall (WOW) are divided into walls. On November 4, 2013, the group celebrated its 25th anniversary, and they were most recently in the history of the group at the moment. Nathan Jeffay discussed in his article "Women on the wall split the acceptance of Anat Hoffmann's prayer agreement" on domestic and international issues facing WOW.

Mourning Wall, a part of the western wall: After going through the security scanner, you enter one of the most sacred places in the world. It is symbolic that the Jews prayed for rebuilding with the mourning of a part of the temple in mourning. Sprinkle the Bible, the pen and the paper here and there, you can write your wishes to God and paste them on the cracks on the wall.

After taking a stroll through the streets, we were taken to the most sacred place in the country - the wailing wall (the wailing wall). This is the western part of the temple that was destroyed by the Titans and Roman armies. This is where everyone prays to Hashhem. I could see the wall at a glance, but this strong air covered me. The air is deep, tears fall down on my face, and I think a bit about the reason. I have never had a religious belief, but somehow I was taken over at this point. Walking through the Wail Wall I noticed a couple of interesting things, men and women were separated by another wall from the middle of the garden. Why I am so interested, I ask Sam. Separation is to avoid the temptation away from men and women by observing each other and focusing only on Hashim and its prayers.

In January 2015, Kay Long, a transgender Jewish woman, was denied access to the wailing wall at the beginning in the female department and then in the male department. There is nothing to do with the mourning wall rabbinies and website management, the "discreet police" in the female sector prevented the existence of Long. They are a group of women's volunteers who protect the entrance of the female department and prevent visitors who do not wear the standard of modesty of modest women's humility. Director of Jerusalem Open Day, a community center for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community points out that the experience of the dragon is not unique. "The segregation by the sex of the mourning wall is detrimental to the people of the transgender, later claimed that in addition to her clothes Chiron would be allowed to enter the female department." "