The Wailing Wall is one of the most sacred sites in Judaism. The site for Jewish prayer and pilgrimages for centuries, it is believed to have been part of Jerusalem’s Second Temple, first dedicated in 516 BC, and expanded by Herod the Great starting in 19 BC. Its name stems from the Jewish practice of coming to the site to mourn and bemoan the Roman destruction of this temple, along with the rest of Jerusalem, in the first century. Today, a huge plaza stands before it, holding up to 400,000 people. It is used for massive prayer and military ceremonies. I made this image during a light rain with a long telephoto lens. I was standing in the large plaza, and waited until a single worshipper walked into my frame between my camera and the Wailing Wall itself. He appears to already be at prayer. The four men holding on to the wall itself are reverently touching it in various ways as they pray. We can see many papers stuffed between the cracks – written wishes from previous worshippers. The wishes are periodically collected, and taken to the Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives, where they are buried.