Holy notes

April 5, 2009 - 7:57 PM by

This is one’ll be short, as we’re neck-deep inside the fridge, cleaning out moldy jars of salsa and unidentifiable containers of food, making room for all the kosher-for-Passover items.

slichot_notesinwallBut it seems that Western Wall workers on doing some of their own spring cleaning in preparation for Passover, removing the thousands of notes left by visitors in the cracks of the walls.

According to news accounts, the notes are removed using wooden sticks first dipped in a mikveh — ritual bath — as supervised by the Kotel rabbi, Shmuel Rabinovitch. They are then buried — like any holy writing — in the Mount of Olives, in order to make room for another year of notes to God.

So that means that even President Barack Obama’s note is heading to the ground; but it seems that his wishes were already answered.

Here’s where you can head to place your own note.

Tags: , , • Category: General, History and Culture, Holidays, Israeliness, Religion 

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