Morning at the Western Wall
People performing their morning prayers at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
“They will revere You at sun[rise], and before the moon, for all generations.” (Ps. 72:5). Morning prayers at the Western Wall, Jerusalem.
This photo is shot early morning during sunrise where a group of jews perform a prayer called Shacharit. Observant jews pray 3 times a day (women only pray once). The first prayer of the day is called Shacharit and must take place before 1/3 of the day is over. The other two prayers are Mincha in the afternoon (must take place before sunset) and Maariv in the evening/night after sunset.
As always you can click the photo to see a large version. It might look compressed in shitty browsers such as Internet Explorer 8 (this blog’s theme is not supported in older versions of Internet Explorer). If it looks weird just click the photo again and you’ll be able to see a correctly displayed version, but the best solution is to change your browser to Opera, Firefox or Chrome.
This entry was posted on October 11, 2012 by Cardinal Guzman. It was filed under Black/White, Religious/Superstitious, Street Photography and was tagged with B/W, HaKotel, Israel, Jerusalem, Jews, judaism, morning prayers, Shacharit, The Western Wall.
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I’ve seen so many pictures of people at the wall and honestly, yours is one of the few I have a closer look at! Yes! for once I am using a browser that doesn’t make things look funny!
October 11, 2012 at 11:15
Thanks for the compliment!
It pleases me to hear that you’re not using an awful browser. At work we’re stuck with shit (also known as Internet Explorer), but at home I use Opera, Firefox and Chrome for different purposes.
The only purpose of Internet Explorer is to download another browser when your computer is brand new.
October 11, 2012 at 23:18
You’re welcome and I agree! I find that anything works better than IE!
October 12, 2012 at 06:21
BTW: You should add a link to your blog from your gravatar profile.
October 12, 2012 at 10:19
Oops! Thanks – onto it now
October 12, 2012 at 12:16
Definitely! Anything is better than Internet Explorer.
Here’s an example of how the WordPress’ gallery looks in IE8:
http://cardinalguzman.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/gallery-ie8.png
October 12, 2012 at 08:45
That’s no good! PS Gravtar link updated.
October 12, 2012 at 12:25
my very nice Cardinal
I thought I had lost you!
I’m so happy to see you.
kiss and beautiful photo!
vento
October 11, 2012 at 11:15
I’m still around and I’m posting quite often, but there’s too many blogs that I follow. Since I don’t have a system on visiting/commenting in other peoples blogs, I’m just randomly appearing (and disappearing).
October 11, 2012 at 23:27
A fascinating place. I went into a room nearby and was intimidated by the praying.
October 11, 2012 at 19:54
If you want to feel real fear you should try to drive a car through one of the religious jews neighborhoods on shabbat
October 11, 2012 at 23:32
Beautiful, interesting, and …..creepy.
October 11, 2012 at 20:27
In my opinion praying is probably the most popular way of doing something without doing anything, but whatever makes them feel good is fine by me
I like this quote (have no idea who came up with it):
October 12, 2012 at 08:48
You are hilarious!
October 14, 2012 at 18:01
Absolutely stunning shot, Cardinal! That’s all!
October 11, 2012 at 23:13
Glad you like it Richard. I have more photos from the Western Wall, and perhaps I will probably almost certain post them in the not too distant future.
October 12, 2012 at 09:01
Incredibly wonderful composition that the black and white adds to.
October 12, 2012 at 03:46
Thanks Angeline. This photo has more impact when it’s B/W.
October 12, 2012 at 09:15
It’s a really impressive shot; both visually and cerebrally.
October 13, 2012 at 00:09
Thanks for the compliment Allan!
October 14, 2012 at 08:42
A spell bounding photograph. I have been to the wall of prayer and know how hard it is to captured something different. You have been able to make something magic out of the early morning prayer. Beautifully captured and processed.
October 19, 2012 at 11:34
Thank you very much Munchow. I guess it’s all a matter of timing, luckily I got up before the sun and was ready to take photos as the sun rose.
I have more photos from the area, but they’re desperately looking for some attention and post-processing.
October 22, 2012 at 08:28
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Really like this one!
March 17, 2013 at 18:01
Thank you. Jerusalem is a great city for photographing.
March 17, 2013 at 20:17