For centuries, visitors to the Old City of Jerusalem have made their way to the Western Wall to offer up their prayers. Recently, performing this sacred Jewish rite has become as easy as downloading an iPhone application, now that the Western Wall has its very own page on the micro-blogging site Twitter. Started by 25-year-old Alon Nil, the service allows users to submit prayers publicly or privately, which a team in Israel prints and puts in crevices in the Wall.
The Forward gained access to the Western Wall’s Twitter home page for a look at these especially enlightening holy tweets. (A rabbi was on hand to ensure that the computer hacking was completely kosher.)
Apologies to the tweet-illiterate: When it comes to inscrutability, the Talmud has nothing on Twitter.
Hey there! TheKotel is using Twitter.
@The_Real_Shaq Hi, Wailing Wall. Much respect to the only Twitterer taller than me.
@Ashton_Kutcher: Kabbalah in a bracelet, now Wailing Wall on my phone! I luv when religion adapts itself 2 my accessory collection!
@2Hebrew4U Everybody, look at me! I’m being devout! I pray u all know @2Hebrew4U is the mack!
@Shmuly_BoTweet Shalom! I am the Twitter rabbi. No need to go to temple Ń Tweet your devotion in 140 characters or fewer!
@RealBurningBush Shout out to @TheActualMoses.
@2Hebrew4U Ohhh, what’s this, Twitterverse? @2Hebrew4U back again with another public prayer! On your best day you could not be this pious!
@Madoff_Prisoner_61727-054A Wailing Wall: Glad I can still visit you, if only virtually. Now the prayer. Please convince my cellmate I do not wish to try the wine he brews in the toilet.
@Shmuly_BoTweet Hey @Madoff_Prisoner_61727-054A! Follow me!
@Madoff_Prisoner_61727-054A Dear Wailing Wall: Very sorry I ripped off Elie Wiesel. But I am currently surrounded by way too many Aryans. Little help?
@RealBurningBush Don’t listen 2 the haters! I am the burning bush 4 real!
@EhudOlmert1 Please get me through this. I’m begging here. (Will also fax, send, and hand-deliver this prayer, just to be safe.)
@RealBurningBush [This account has been removed for violating Twitter’s policy on false biblical identities.]
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We know the words....that are written, but nevertheless we do not see or hear them.
It is written in Isaiah 1 The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is not soundness in it, but bruises and sores and bleeding wounds; and have not been drained, or bound up, or softened with oil.
Look at this ...think our head our mind and hearts faint! Why? Psalm 118 The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone; the LORD has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes.
So, were is this stone that is so marvelous in all their eyes, yes it says ...in...OUR...eyes. Many have seen.
Could it be true what Jeremiah said for us to do....turn.
Jeremiah all so written for G-D......Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
I ask you, is the word days the days that come in all our lives in every generation days of our lives are given us to do the will of our G-D. But do we? Have we turned? Do we see and hear our G-D? Were is the Stone that is so marvelous in David eyes and others have seen this, were is it?? Have you seen it, and placed your prayers there?
It is written...psalm 51 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts (heart and mind): and in the hidden part (the Stone the builders rejected, our Capstone our ONE TRUE G-D) thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Who are those that do not see or hear G-D in the hidden part, that do not have the law written on their hearts and minds, who are they? \
It is writtten ....Jeremiah 31 But this shall be the covant that I will make with the house of Israel: After those days, saith the LORD, i will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts and will be their G-D, and they shall be my people.
G-D has asked us to Set Him as a Seal Upon Our Hearts and Minds. but do we? The seal of royalty, having G-D'S Name upon us, having our Fathers name to identify our authenticate and protect the law written on our hearts and minds our inward parts, the contents of documents we become the two sided tablets having the law on both sides. We are children given up from earth...flesh ...to the G-D Head....now brought forth as holy children what ever is done above will be done below doing the will of our Ahvee. For it is written of us.....Psalm 89 He will call out to me, 'You are my Father, my G-D, the Rock my Savior.' Their is only ONE G-D and ONE ROCK, to place our prayers and we can enter in and see what was so marvelous in all those eyes in Ps. Remember dust to dust, flesh to flesh, Spirit to spirit. Dose not Job 33 teach us this.... The Spirit of G-D made me (flesh) But the breath of the Almighty gives me life. That life is brought forth like David in Psalm 2...I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I brought you forth. or begotten you or birth you. Think,,,it is a DECLARE DECREE...we are all to be brought forth. But nevertheless, all do not go. Their are many seeds in a woman that are never born, is their not? I pray, you find the true foundation, the true garden, that you may grow and become, my brother and sister.
It is written.... Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. iam about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not preceive it?
The lie and deceit has been seeded in all our generations, it is time to uncover ourselves. It is written....'Keep listening, but do not comprehend; keep looking, but do not understand.' Make the mind of this people dull, and stop their ears, and shut their eyes, so that they may not look with their eyes, and listen with their ears, and comprehend with their minds, and turn and be healed.
We can not see or hear...and we may not enter in the hidden part with our flesh,that sins. Sin can not enter in, mor mankind. Only the Spirit that has been given the breath of the Almighty can live in the hidden part, were G-D. heals us.
It is written in Isaiah 1 For you shall be ashamed of the oaks in which you delighted; and you shall blush for the gardens that you have chosen.
Let us be the generation that wipes away the tears that fall so deep with in our G-D. Let us turn and become the mirror image, having both sides above and below, the vessel that holds the law, and has the name of G-D upon them. Has it not been written.... Ps. 90 LORD, You have been our dwelling place throughout all generations. Proverbs 18 The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe. Jeremiah 10 But the LORD is the true G-D; He is the living G-D, the eternal King.
It is written of the first woman that gave a name to G-D, a woman who seen her G-D and lived. A woman lide David in Ps. who seen the marvelous of the true foundation of the temple of G-D. It is written...Genesis 16 She gave this name to the LORD who spoke to her; You are the G-D who sees me, for she said 'I have now seen the One who sees me." The Rock the builders rejected, is the hidden place,we are to run to. Psalm 31 Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me. Since You are my rock and my fortress for the sake of Your name lead and guide me. Think, for the ....sake of Your name...the name that is the seal upon your heart and minds.
reply @Miriam That needs to be in 140 characters or less.
sorry,
It says: "On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them." It is not written...."ye shall bless."
Remember this, the holy children that are brought forth into the house of G-D are the remained inheritance for David, and his kingdom the rulership of the House of David will never depart from it throughout all generations. So that whenever the crown of Kingship in any way bestirs itself for a descendant of David there is no one who can stand up against them, male or female, for they have turned and now are the mirror image of the Ancient of Days. Daniel 7 "As I looked, thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took His seat. his clothing was as white as snow; the hair of His head was white like wool."
If only my rabbi could contain his high-holiday sermons to 140 characters or less. Amen.
Why is prayer from the Western Wall so powerful? Here is a site that explains it. Scroll 2/3rds of the way down the page to the header Why is this Jerusalem Wall Holy? at http://www.jerusalem-insiders-guide.com/western-wall-in-jerusalem.html
Read it and tweet ...
The wall of stone is nothing to the Rock, the foundation, for the true Temple, the mountain of the LORD.
For it is written... The Stone the builders rejected has become the capstone; the LORD has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes.
The language of grace even the groans which are the language of nature can not be written down and put in a wall for G-D to hear. This language is within, and only G-D who is the Maker of All can enter in and understand.
Psallm 144....Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war. Genesis 22 So Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. And to this day it is said, "On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided."
The rock is ....Psalm 118 The Stone the builders refected has become the Capstone; the LORD has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes.
Capstone, the true Foundation, of the Temple of G-D, that always was. Make note... Psalm 51....Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part (the Rock, the Capstone , the Temple, the Mountain of the LORD) ......thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Psalm 89...He will call out to me, 'You are my Father, my G-D, the Rock my Savior.' Psalm 18 The LORD is my Rock, my Fortress, and my deliverer; my G-D is my Rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation. Psalm 111....He provided redemption for His people; He ordained His covenant forever holy and awesome is His name. Psalm 90....LORD, You have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.
If G-D is our dwelling place, why are we putting paper notes in a wall that man made?
Strong Fortress...for it is written Psalm 31...Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my Rock of Refuge, a Strong Fortress to save me. Since You are my Rock and my Fortress, for the sake of Your name lead and guide me. Proverbs 18....The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the rightous run to it and are safe.
So, why the wall and the notes. G-D knows the hearts and minds of mankind.