Isreal continued (this really is abridged)

This picture is what is left of the Western wall of the temple that was destroyed by the Romans. Jews come to this wall to offer prayers, read scriptures, even have their Bar Mitzvah's. When it is a BarMitzvah day (which was the day we went), the men and the women are separated and the men have to have their heads covered.



One of the ways the Jews pray at the wailing wall is to write their requests on a piece of paper that they roll up and stick in the wall.













Del Parson decided that he was going to roll up a prayer. "Just to cover my bases," he said jokingly.





This is the Dome of the Rock. It is the third most sacred site in Islam. There is a rock inside the Dome where the Muslims believe Muhummad was taken to Heaven from that rock.

The Dome of the Rock is built on the same land as the temple used to be built on.