Jerusalem - Part 2

The Western Wall.

The Temple Mount was the site of the Second Temple making it the holiest site in Judaism.

There are 2 reasons that Jews do not pray at the Temple Mount:

1. They are not sure of the exact location of the temple and do not want to risk stepping on the really holy parts.
2. The Temple Mount is the third most important site in Islam making it the most contested religious site in the world.  There is a very precarious peace brokered between the Jews and Muslims.

Instead Jews pray at the Western Wall which is the remaining part closest to the holiest part of the temple.

Men and Women pray separately. The men's section is bigger. Go figure.

The custom is to insert slips of paper with notes to God into the cracks in the wall.