From Teach All Nations Inc -
"Jafee Gate is named because the road leading from it goes to the port city of Jaffa (Joppa)...The wall next to the gate was torn down and a moat filled in 1898 by Sultan Abdul Hamid, so that Kaiser Wilhelm II could ride into the city. It retains the L shape interior, an ancient defensive method of slowing the advance of armies through the gate and forcing a turn that exposes their unshielded side. A legend says that Sulieman was angry about the architects not including Mt. Zion in the walls of the city, so they are buried in the two graves inside the gate. This gate was also the famous scene of the English General Allenby's entrance in 1917."
The Wailing (Western) Wall Its a tradition to place a note in the wall thanking G-d or asking for something. I didn't write anything this time.
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