Kosel Undergoes Kvitlach Cleaning Ahead of Pesach

Armed with special wooden devices, Kosel employees today removed millions of kvitlach – handwritten notes, faxes and email printouts – from between the ancient stones of the wall.

The Western Wall HeritageFoundation, which gives the Kosel such a face-lift twice a year – before Pesach and before Rosh Hashanah – oversaw the removal of the growing influx of kvitlach.

The laborers – working under the supervision of Kosel rov Rav Shmuel Rabinovich – take care to not read their content. The kvitlach are then taken to a special site on Har Hazeisim for burial.

{Matzav.com Israel News Bureau}