Photo Credit: Yonatan Sindel / Flash 90
Western Wall caretakers cleaning the ancient stones.

Ahead of Pesach, Kotel employees clean out the Western Wall from all the notes, or “Kvitlach”, placed there by visiting worshipers.

There is a tradition that when visiting the Kotel, you can write a prayer or request and then place it in the wall.

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Twice a year the notes are gathered up, and then buried in a Jewish cemetery.


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