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Jerusalem (AFP) – Jerusalem authorities restricted access to one of Judaism's holiest sites on Monday after a huge block of stone from the western wall fell to the ground , just missing a worshiper
"He fell near a woman who was praying … without hitting her," said Mayor Nir Barkat in a statement.
He said that the fact that no one was injured in the incident was "a big miracle".
Barkat toured the scene with the Jerusalem City Engineer and security officials, who declared the place dangerous and closed it to the public while waiting for the meeting. Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz said he could not explain the incident. One day after a large gathering at the Wailing Wall, calls for introspection were launched.
On Sunday, tens of thousands of Jewish worshipers invaded the main esplanade of the western wall, separated from the bades, for annual mourning prayers. ws' temples of the biblical era.
Monday's incident hit a less-visited part of the wall, where men and women are allowed to pray together contrary to the orthodox Jewish practice.
Rabinowitz noted that the stones above the main section The Western Wall is examined by professionals twice a year.
The Western Wall, in East Jerusalem, annexed by Israel, is the holiest place where Jews have the right to pray.
They believe that is what remains The temple of their second biblical temple, destroyed by the Romans in 70.
Immediately above is the shrine known to the Jews as the Temple Mount, the holiest of Judaism, revered as the place where once stood the two biblical Jewish temples
For Muslims, it is the enclosure of Haram al-Sharif, the third holiest of the Islam after Mecca and Medina, and the home of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock.
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