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</div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Monolithic block of the Western Wall in Jerusalem</div><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Western_Stone_by_David_Shankbone.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/The_Western_Stone_by_David_Shankbone.jpg/250px-The_Western_Stone_by_David_Shankbone.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="333" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/The_Western_Stone_by_David_Shankbone.jpg/375px-The_Western_Stone_by_David_Shankbone.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/The_Western_Stone_by_David_Shankbone.jpg/500px-The_Western_Stone_by_David_Shankbone.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>The Western Stone, beginning at shoulder level of the guide</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Western Stone</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Monolithic_architecture" title="Monolithic architecture">monolithic</a> <a href="/wiki/Ashlar" title="Ashlar">ashlar</a> (worked stone block) forming part of the lower level of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Wall" title="Western Wall">Western Wall</a> in <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a>. This largest stone in the Western Wall is visible within the <a href="/wiki/Western_Wall_Tunnel" title="Western Wall Tunnel">Western Wall Tunnel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HeritageF_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HeritageF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is one of <a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_monoliths_in_the_world" class="mw-redirect" title="List of largest monoliths in the world">the largest building blocks in the world</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dimensions">Dimensions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Stone&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Dimensions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Exposed_face">Exposed face</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Stone&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Exposed face"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The stone's exposed face can be freely measured and is 13.55 metres (44.5 ft) long and 3.3 metres (11 ft) high,<sup id="cite_ref-HeritageF_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HeritageF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but its width, or depth, is hidden within the wall. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Depth">Depth</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Stone&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Depth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In June 2006, Harry M. Jol, from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Eau_Claire" title="University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire">University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire</a>, performed measurements with <a href="/wiki/Ground-penetrating_radar" title="Ground-penetrating radar">ground-penetrating radar</a> (GPR) to determine the depth of the stone. The conclusion of his team was that its depth ranges from approximately 1.8 to 2.5 metres (5.9 to 8.2 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-JolBahat_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JolBahat-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior estimates ranged up to 16.5m. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Weight">Weight</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Stone&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Weight"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The calculated weight of the stone block is of 250–300 tonnes, based on Jol's measurement.<sup id="cite_ref-JolBahat_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JolBahat-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to the Jol's GPR measurement, the stone was estimated to weigh between 550 and 600 tonnes.<sup id="cite_ref-Bahat2002_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bahat2002-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HistChannel_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HistChannel-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre-2006_estimates">Pre-2006 estimates</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Stone&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Pre-2006 estimates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A previous estimate of the stone's depth was 16.5 metres (54 ft), a multiple of the GPR measurement, and led to a calculated total weight of 567 tonnes.; Other pre-2006 sources circulated similar figures, namely 550 to 600 tonnes.<sup id="cite_ref-Bahat2002_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bahat2002-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HistChannel_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HistChannel-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Western_Wall_Heritage_Foundation" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Wall Heritage Foundation">Western Wall Heritage Foundation</a> (WWHF) website indicates, as of March 2020, an estimated depth of 2–4.6 metres (6.6–15.1 ft), with an estimated weight of "several hundred tons",<sup id="cite_ref-HeritageF_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HeritageF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> thus moderating its former estimated weight of 517 <a href="/wiki/Tonnes" class="mw-redirect" title="Tonnes">tonnes</a> (570 <a href="/wiki/Short_tons" class="mw-redirect" title="Short tons">short tons</a>);<sup id="cite_ref-WWHF_old_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WWHF_old-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Location">Location</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Stone&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Location"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The stone is located in a section of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Wall" title="Western Wall">Western Wall</a> (in the broader meaning of the term) north of <a href="/wiki/Wilson%27s_Arch_(Jerusalem)" title="Wilson's Arch (Jerusalem)">Wilson's Arch</a>, below ground level, and can be accessed through the Western Wall tunnels. It is part of the "Great <a href="/wiki/Course_(architecture)" title="Course (architecture)">Course</a>", a name used by the WWHF for the tallest and longest course (layer of stones) of the Western Wall.<sup id="cite_ref-HeritageF_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HeritageF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its stone blocks are of Herodian age, and the stones next to the Western Stone are, in sequence, 2 metres (6.6 ft), 12.12 metres (39.8 ft), and 8 metres (26 ft) long, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-HeritageF_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HeritageF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Stone&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span 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href="#cite_ref-HeritageF_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HeritageF_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HeritageF_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription 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.cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://thekotel.org/en/wailing-wall-western-wall/">"The Great Course (Nidbach Raba)"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Western_Wall_Heritage_Foundation" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Wall Heritage Foundation">Western Wall Heritage Foundation</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2024-10-24</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Great+Course+%28Nidbach+Raba%29&rft.pub=Western+Wall+Heritage+Foundation&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fthekotel.org%2Fen%2Fwailing-wall-western-wall%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWestern+Stone" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.MAGAZINE-the-utah-monolith-has-an-ancient-history-1.9451240">The Utah Monolith Has an Ancient History</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haaretz" title="Haaretz">Haaretz</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJol2006" class="citation web cs1">Jol, H. M.; et al. (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://people.uwec.edu/jolhm/research_pub/publications.htm">"Publications, #79"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 August</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Publications%2C+%2379&rft.date=2006&rft.aulast=Jol&rft.aufirst=H.+M.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fpeople.uwec.edu%2Fjolhm%2Fresearch_pub%2Fpublications.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWestern+Stone" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-JolBahat-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-JolBahat_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-JolBahat_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Harry M. Jol, Paul D. Bauman and <a href="/wiki/Dan_Bahat" title="Dan Bahat">Dan Bahat</a>: <i>Looking into the Western Wall, Jerusalem, Israel</i>. Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR 2006), June 19 - 22, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, Papers on CD-ROM. Also in: Dan Bahat, <i>The Jerusalem Western Wall Tunnel</i>, Israel Exploration Society, 2013, pp. 395-40.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Bahat2002-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Bahat2002_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bahat2002_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Dan_Bahat" title="Dan Bahat">Dan Bahat</a>: Touching the Stones of our Heritage, Israeli ministry of Religious Affairs, 2002</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HistChannel-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-HistChannel_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HistChannel_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">The History Channel, in "Lost Worlds of King Herod", cited a 16.5 m depth and 567 tonnes estimate</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WWHF_old-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-WWHF_old_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20051214002214/http://english.thekotel.org/content.asp?Id=28">"The Story of the Kotel: Facts and Figures: The Western Wall Tunnels"</a>. 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Covenant">Ark of the Covenant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tabernacle" title="Tabernacle">Tabernacle</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Temple" title="Second Temple">Second Temple</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Altar_(Bible)" title="Altar (Bible)">Altar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hekhal" class="mw-redirect" title="Hekhal">Sanctuary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_of_Holies" title="Holy of Holies">Holy of Holies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molten_Sea" title="Molten Sea">Molten Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon%27s_Porch" title="Solomon's Porch">Solomon's Porch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_menorah" title="Temple menorah">Temple menorah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_treasury" title="Temple treasury">Temple treasury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren%27s_Gate" title="Warren's Gate">Warren's Gate</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_denial" title="Temple denial">Temple denial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tisha_B%27Av" title="Tisha B'Av">Tisha B'Av</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Replicas_of_the_Jewish_Temple" title="Replicas of the Jewish Temple">Replicas</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Holyland_Model_of_Jerusalem" title="Holyland Model of Jerusalem">Holyland Model of Jerusalem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schick_models_of_Jerusalem" title="Schick models of Jerusalem">Schick models of Jerusalem</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Temple" title="Third Temple">Third Temple</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Western_Wall" title="Western Wall">Western Wall</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Little_Western_Wall" title="Little Western Wall">Little Western Wall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dung_Gate" title="Dung Gate">Dung Gate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Western_Wall_Heritage_Foundation" title="The Western Wall Heritage Foundation">The Western Wall Heritage Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mughrabi_Bridge" title="Mughrabi Bridge">Mughrabi Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Placing_notes_in_the_Western_Wall" title="Placing notes in the Western Wall">Placing notes</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Western Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilson%27s_Arch_(Jerusalem)" title="Wilson's Arch (Jerusalem)">Wilson's Arch</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Western Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Wall_Tunnel" title="Western Wall Tunnel">Western Wall Tunnel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Prayer</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kotel_compromise" title="Kotel compromise">Kotel compromise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_Western_Wall_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="1930 Western Wall Commission">Western Wall Commission</a></li> <li>Advocacy groups <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HaLiba" title="HaLiba">HaLiba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Temple_Institute" class="mw-redirect" title="The Temple Institute">The Temple Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_Mount_Faithful" title="Temple Mount Faithful">Temple Mount Faithful</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Platoon_of_the_Wall" title="Platoon of the Wall">Platoon of the Wall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pro%E2%80%93Wailing_Wall_Committee" title="Pro–Wailing Wall Committee">Pro–Wailing Wall Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_for_the_Wall" title="Women for the Wall">Women for the Wall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_of_the_Wall" title="Women of the Wall">Women of the Wall</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shekhinah" title="Shekhinah">Shekhinah</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Hall_of_Hewn_Stones" title="Hall of Hewn Stones">Hall of Hewn Stones</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Antiquities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Foundation_Stone" title="Foundation Stone">Foundation Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acra_(fortress)" title="Acra (fortress)">Acra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonia_Fortress" title="Antonia Fortress">Antonia Fortress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birket_Israel" title="Birket Israel">Birket Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hasmonean_Baris" title="Hasmonean Baris">Hasmonean Baris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monastery_of_the_Virgins" title="Monastery of the Virgins">Monastery of the Virgins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pool_of_Raranj" class="mw-redirect" title="Pool of Raranj">Pool of Raranj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ptolemaic_Baris" title="Ptolemaic Baris">Ptolemaic Baris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Stoa_(Jerusalem)" title="Royal Stoa (Jerusalem)">Royal Stoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon%27s_Stables" title="Solomon's Stables">Solomon's Stables</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Struthion_Pool" title="Struthion Pool">Struthion Pool</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gates_of_the_Temple_Mount" title="Gates of the Temple Mount">Gates</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al-Mawazin" title="Al-Mawazin">Al-Mawazin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate_(Jerusalem)" title="Golden Gate (Jerusalem)">Golden Gate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huldah_Gates" title="Huldah Gates">Huldah Gates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lions%27_Gate" title="Lions' Gate">Lions' Gate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren%27s_Gate" title="Warren's Gate">Warren's Gate</a></li> <li>"<a 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