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THE WAILING WALL OF THE JEWS The celebrated wall which bears this name Js fifty-^ two yards In length and fifty-nine feet high', It is probable that the Jews as early as the middle ages were in the hqbit of repairing hither to bewail the downfall of Jerusalem. A touching scene is pre sented by the figures leaning against the weather-; beaten wall, kissing the stone wall and weeping. The men often sit here for hours, reading; their well thumbed Hebrew prayer books. j The walling place is most frequented on Friday, a,fter.' fo.ur in the afternoon.
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