Welcome to Tweet Your Prayers – the website that guides you how to tweet your prayers to the Western Wall in Jerusalem, also known as The Kotel!
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Here’s a quick presentation to guide you through the process:
On October 2nd I went to Jerusalem with a big box full of prayers. 3,812 of your prayers were placed in the Western-Wall that day. Since there were so many prayers to carry and place, I had my childhood friend Dan accompany me in the trip. Below are just some of the many pictures we took that day. I have more touching pictures (and videos!) I’ll share with you soon.
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Dan knows where”s the final destination:
Time to place some prayers:
We ran out of places to put the prayers so Dan, who is taller than I am (ex-basketball player), helped putting remaining prayers deep inside the crevice:
And eventually (it took so long!):
Inside the wall it looked like a river of blue prayers!
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I prepared this short blog post to show you, in pictures, how the prayer-processing looks on my end. Hope you enjoy:
1. Printing: After the prayers have been received, the next step is printing them. Fortunately, I posses the amazing one-of-a-kind prayer printer!
2. Rolling: When the printer has finished printing (or, the toner ran out), the pages are cut to strips using a utility knife. Then the strips are rolled into small scrolls. Here’s how it looks like when we’re just getting started:
And a good few hours later:
3. Driving: Now that the prayers are ready, it’s time to go to Jerusalem!(I should mention that this road-sign was photographed while I was at the passenger’s seat ):
4. Getting inside the Old City: We have arrived in Jerusalem. The Old City has a wall surrounding it, and the Jaffa Gate is the nearest place to go through:
We have reached the Western Wall – the Kotel! Here’s a picture of a wooden box filled with prayers with the Western Wall in the background:
Here’s a picture of me standing on a chair, sticking my hand inside the Wall:
And eventually…
These are just some of the prayers that were placed. At the end of the day, all the prayers from the box found their final resting place in the Western-Wall.
You can also watch the entire process on a video report Reuters made about me & TweetYourPrayers (Link).
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