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Jews Tweet Prayers to Wailing Wall

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(Newser) – Jews seeking to send a message to God can now do so via Twitter, the Daily Telegraph reports. The "Tweet Your Prayers" service prints out tweeted prayers and deposits them between the stones in Jerusalem's 2,000-year-old Western Wall. Its founders accept no responsibility for unanswered prayers. "Take it up with the Big Guy upstairs," their website says. "We're just the middlemen!"

President Obama places a note between the stones of the Western Wall on his visit to Jerusalem last year.
President Obama places a note between the stones of the Western Wall on his visit to Jerusalem last year.   (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
A worker collect notes left by visitors between the stones of the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City .
A worker collect notes left by visitors between the stones of the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City .   (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
A petitioner places a prayer between the stones of Jerusalem's Western Wall.
A petitioner places a prayer between the stones of Jerusalem's Western Wall.   (©k1llYRid0ls)
The Western Wall is believed to date from the reign of King Herod.
The Western Wall is believed to date from the reign of King Herod.   (©JMRosenfeld)
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Deebles
Jul 24, 09 5:00 AM CDT
Jews are Liberal Fascists they have been liberally (a lot) persecuted forever and they lived until they didn't in a Fascist regime, (Germany) Can I stop this now? Will you Corona--stop using a term that means nothing in today's world? Please? Peace? Reply
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NoneofurBusiness
Jul 24, 09 10:23 AM CDT
Ahh I see where you were going with this now. Yea that guy is a loon
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ack
Jul 24, 09 7:17 AM CDT
Western Wall. Not Wailing Wall. Reply
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Mr.C
Jul 24, 09 8:17 AM CDT
no, Kotel .....same thing
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kokuaguy
Jul 24, 09 2:00 PM CDT
Well, it's not in Merriam-Webster online -- I was hoping to get a pronunciation. Is the emphasis on the first syllable? I've never been to Jerusalem.
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