So by the time that Craig and I got to the Wailing Wall today, I had to go to the bathroom. Welcome to multiple sclerosis. It's like I'm a pregnant woman. Anyway, when I get back, I look around for Craig. Lo and behold I spot him approaching the Wailing Wall in a yarmulke! See for yourself!
And Craig starts praying! Please bear in mind that my partner isn't Jewish!
When I asked him later, he said he wasnt praying. He was just "feeling." He had an intuitive instinct that he shouldn't pray, he should just be open to a feeling. Craig he felt love and warmth. It was overpowering.
Then the rabbi who had just fleeced him for 50 shekels came by to fleece him down for more...
Then the rabbi's buddy got into the scene...
By which time, Craig figured he'd had enough of the Wailing Wall!
And here are, of course, the obligatory pictures of the Dome of the Rock and the Holy Sepulchre
And last, but not least, here's one of a Palestinian guy selling pomegranates by the Jaffa Gate.
7 comments:
Great pictures Habibi!
I'm glad you liked them!!
What's with shaking down Craig for Shekels? Some sort of "pay to pray" thing?
You got it, Sean.
Oh, that might not be clear. The rabbi said a prayer for Craig before he got to the wall and Craig offered him 20 shekels. The rabbi asked for more, so Craig gave him fifty. The rabbis apparently wanted to say more prayers from Craig and he'd had enough. They don't charge you for you to pray at the Wall. You pay for a professional.
Pay the profession to navigate the God bureaucracy for you. (insert lame jewish lawyer joke here)
Dude, I grew up Catholic. I judge no one's clergy.
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