 The Sages of the Talmud stated that anyone who prays at the Temple in Jerusalem , " it is as if he has prayed before the throne of glory because the gate of heaven is situated there and it is open to hear prayer . " Jewish Law stipulates that the Silent Prayer should be recited facing towards Jerusalem , the Temple and ultimately the Holy of Holies , as God 's bounty and blessing emanates from that spot . It is generally believed that prayer by the Western Wall is particularly beneficial since it was that wall which was situated closest to the Holy of Holies . Rabbi Jacob Ettlinger writes " since the gate of heaven is near the Western Wall , it is understandable that all Israel 's prayers ascend on high there ... as one of the great ancient <unk> Rabbi Joseph <unk> said , when the Jews send their prayers from the Diaspora in the direction of Jerusalem , from there they ascend by way of the Western Wall . " A well @-@ known <unk> ( efficacious remedy ) for finding one 's soulmate is to pray for 40 consecutive days at the Western Wall , a practice apparently conceived by Rabbi Yisroel Yaakov Fisher . 
