The Western Wall is the only remnant of the retaining wall that surrounded the Temple of Jerusalem, which was destroyed in 70 ce on the 9th/10th of Av. It has since served as a site of pilgrimage for Jews. In the Midrash, rabbinic tradition asserts that the “divine Presence [Shekhina] never departs from the Western Wall.”
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