 On July 25 , 2010 , a Ner <unk> , an oil @-@ burning " eternal light , " was installed within the prayer hall within Wilson 's Arch , the first eternal light installed in the area of the Western Wall . According to the Western Wall Heritage Foundation , requests had been made for many years that " an olive oil lamp be placed in the prayer hall of the Western Wall Plaza , as is the custom in Jewish synagogues , to represent the menorah of the Temple in Jerusalem as well as the continuously burning fire on the altar of burnt offerings in front of the Temple , " especially in the closest place to those ancient flames . 
