WHERE ISRAEL WEEPS. — On Friday afternoons, Saturdays and on holidays the Jews gather for lamentation prayers at this Wailing Place near the foot of the old Temple wall. They join in replying, “We sit alone and weep,” as the cantor chants, “Because of the palace which lies desolate,” and “Because of the temple which is destroyed.” The men wear their fifteenth century dresses of Polish or German fashion.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 7 November 1939, Page 12
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68WHERE ISRAEL WEEPS.—On Friday afternoons, Saturdays and on holidays the Jews gather for lamentation prayers at this Wailing Place near the foot of the old Temple wall. They join in replying, “We sit alone and weep,” as the cantor chants, “Because of the palace which lies desolate,” and “Because of the temple which is destroyed.” The men wear their fifteenth century dresses of Polish or German fashion. Greymouth Evening Star, 7 November 1939, Page 12
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