Equipped with long sticks, a team of cleaners on Tuesday, led by the Rabbi of the Western Wall Shmuel Rabinovitch, gouged out written notes that visitors to the Western Wall in Jerusalem traditionally cram into its crevices.
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Twice a year, Rabinovitch oversees the collection of thousands of notes to ensure there's always room for more. The papers are then buried on Jerusalem's Mount of Olives in accordance with ritual.
Workers dug out thousands of crumbled notes ahead of Rosh Hashana, which begins this coming Sunday.
