Send Your Prayers to The Western Wall in Jerusalem -- “Now there’s an App for that!”

By Michael Ireland
Senior International Correspondent, ASSIST News Service

JERUSALEM (ANS) -- The Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, is the holiest place on earth to Jews. Also known as the Kotel and Wailing Wall, it is the last remaining wall of the Jewish Temple which was destroyed in the year 70 CE, almost 2,000 years ago.

The Kotel, the Western Wall via ldjaffe on Flickr

Jews have continually seen this wall as holy and have continued to pray there ever-since.

Since the re-unification of Jerusalem by Israel in 1967, the Western Wall has become a major attraction for visitors to Israel, Jewish and non-Jewish who walk up to the wall to pray or undertake the custom of placing a prayer within a crack in the wall.

www.TouristIsrael.com  says that, “With the help of our friends at The Kotel, people around the world are able to send their prayers to the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

Close-up of the Western Wall via Idjaffe on Flckr

“Now, as well as taking prayers through Twitter and via Tourist Israel, you can send their own short prayer to Jerusalem with a free Android or iPhone app. All prayers are printed and carefully placed within the cracks of the Western Wall as in this custom.”

Download the Android App here:https://market.android.com/details?id=org.tweetyourprayers.kotel 

Download the iPhone App here:http://itunes.apple.com/app/thekotel/id359235818?mt=8  

iPhone Screenshot of prayers placed in the Western Wall

This service is 100% free: simply fill out the box in the bottom field of the article herehttp://www.touristisrael.com/send-your-prayers-to-the-western-wall/1723/ with your prayer and it’ll be whisked off to Jerusalem and the Western Wall -- or alternatively download the iPhone App or Android App and keep the option with you at all times.

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** Michael Ireland is the Senior International Correspondent for ANS. He is an international British freelance journalist who was formerly a reporter with a London (United Kingdom) newspaper and has been a frequent contributor to UCB UK, a British Christian radio station. While in the UK, Michael traveled to Canada and the United States, Albania,Yugoslavia, Holland, Germany,and Czechoslovakia. He has reported for ANS from Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Israel, Jordan, China,and Russia. Michael's volunteer involvement with ASSIST News Service is a sponsored ministry department -- 'Michael Ireland Media Missionary' (MIMM) -- of A.C.T. International of P.O.Box 1649, Brentwood, TN 37024-1649, at: Artists in Christian Testimony (A.C.T.) International where you can make a donation online under 'Donate' tab, then look for 'Michael Ireland Media Missionary' under 'Donation Category' to support his stated mission of 'Truth Through Christian Journalism.' Michael is a member in good standing of the National Writers Union, Society of Professional Journalists, Religion Newswriters Association, Evangelical Press Association and International Press Association. If you have a news or feature story idea for Michael, please contact him at: ANS Senior International Reporter

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