Remera | With The Book
Photo � Remera - All Rights Reserved I haven't posted photographic work documenting Judaism for quite a while, and thought I'd remedy this unintentional lapse by featuring With The Book , a series of photographs made at the Western Wall in Old Jerusalem by Remera (more about him follows). The Western Wall, also referred to as the �Wailing Wall� is the most sacred place for Jews who believe it to be the only surviving structure of Herod's temple. For Muslims, it is known as the Buraq Wall, where the Prophet Muhammed tied Buraq , the winged riding animal which he rode during the Night of Ascension to heaven. The wall has been a site for Jewish prayer and pilgrimage for centuries; the earliest source mentioning this specific site as a place of worship is from the 16th century. Rabbinic tradition teaches that the western wall was built upon foundations laid by the biblical King Solomon from the time of the First Temple. The Sages of the Talmud stated that anyone who prayed at t...