article refers prayer note card game little note refers practice developed judaism follower judaism writes note prayer gives jewish leader order receive blessing prayer general request health success specific request recovery illness ability bear children wedding match etc writing giving reading treated seriously alike executed according specific inherent thrown away use burned buried practice giving continues today courts placed graves jewish holy man hope soul deceased heaven centuries old custom jews place containing personal prayers god stones jerusalem practice adopted christian pilgrims foreign dignitaries million prayer notes placed year origin unclear practice writing giving began practice mentioned writings early works school father modern time mentioned time founder scholars suggested practice based biblical commentator interpretation verse numbered children israel fathers houses years old upward able forth war israel numbers commentary books moses contends moses asked jew come counted personal appearance jew moses jewish holy man ceremony giving practice giving established courts treated seriously cases jews hired non jew ride travel jewish deliver jew ill clear violation laws responded asked jew send telegram behalf sick person hometown desperately sick person dynasty local allowed jews write sick person mother send action protested removed post procedure writing courts inscribed names family members specific requests form person hebrew mother hebrew ben son knows customary write blank piece paper customs differ writes courts attendant writes behalf specific person paid write alternately writes customs arose writing considered bad falls ground sand placed sand commonly drying agent ink paper care taken write mistakes jews believe contain deep secrets giving sent messenger mail given personally private audience usually given sum money known redemption court distribution charity requested sum money equal twice numerical value hebrew word life equals took money equal numerical value letters hebrew names wife women welcome visit present look woman directly giving blessing giving status newly appointed tradition new follower dynasty assumed mantle leadership death father given follower dynasty thirty years later following funeral son successor received followers dynasty followers dynasty possession long note written elderly attended courts alter alexander alter presented containing memories dynasty alter appointment dynasty reading delivered mail messenger attendant reads present reads audience traditionally devote attention reading said read piece paper blessing known point errors writing names people met stories told able read situations named bride mother visited blessing attendant wrote hastily noting mother marry said married hiding nazis accepted men assigned protect names man children read aloud continually stopped reader reached certain child asked begin reading happened times later man learned son died suddenly war rest family survived said great presence struck awe accidentally hand blank piece paper instead read blank page understand exactly person wanted court known asked cigarette smoke middle reading sign request accepted follower fourth witnessed delivered behalf stricken cancer asked cigarette reading man recovered completely immediately death fell ill disease succumbed grave common practice jews place belief soul deceased pray heaven visitor usually sits grave write request tears throws grave graves jewish holy men constructed special western wall placed western wall differ given courts contain prayers requests messages written directly god prayer notes folded cracks wall rationale practice traced teaching moved teaching prayers ascend heaven western wall million prayer notes placed year practice placing prayer notes adopted christian pilgrims people foreign dignitaries publicly placed western wall include pope senator pope presidential candidate barack_obama presidential candidate wife ann inserted spanish language text lord prayer wall visit based 11th century french ban reading person mail jewish law reading notes inserted disposal thrown away difference opinion burned buried according western wall author book laws burning pure way deal notes burying honorable twice year assistants collect hundreds thousands left wall bury jewish cemetery mount left traditionally burned sixth seventh includes machine receives day computer receives daily printed taken graves torn placed atop graves pile grows high notes burned electronic today electronic age online services offer chance send western wall email text internet printed inserted cracks wall send service receives internet dispatches north_america people travel accepts internet sending grave fund raising tool rachel foundation encourages donors send messages prayers read rachel tomb similarly website offers donors opportunity send digital read grave ukraine
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