In accordance with the new regulations and the reopening of other museums, the Western Wall Heritage Foundation announced on Monday that the western wall tunnel sites would reopen – albeit on a limited basis and in strict compliance – starting this Thursday (30 Av-1 Elul / 20 August 2020).
Tours can be booked in advance for Americans and teams up to 20 participants.
“We must announce to the public that the sites of the Western Wall tunnels will reopen after being closed for five months due to the coronavirus pandemic,” said the Western Wall Heritage Foundation.
“Throughout this period, we have worked creatively to allow audiences to adhere remotely to the Western Wall, for prayer and virtual tours.
Before the pandemic, more than a million climbers arrived here at the western wall tunnel sites a year. Now, as the summer vacation technique and the technique of elul’s first Hebrew month, and the emotional moment of Selichot (penitential prayers), families and the public are invited to return to the scale in the West. Wall sites.
The Western Wall Heritage Foundation is also organizing a series of visits to Jerusalem, with the approval of the Ministry of Health’s “Purple Badge”, as well as virtual visits to the Western Wall tunnels, new excavation sites and the Jewish quarter for participants in and around Israel. physically reaching the Western Wall.
To date, more than 20,000 people from countries around the world have toured from Hong Kong, the United States, Russia, Australia, Italy, Great Britain, Mexico and elsewhere.
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