Longing and Yearning. Jews always had their hearts set on Jerusalem as a unique mystical focus of longing. In their prayers and traditions they mourned its destruction, and expressed their hopes of fulfilling their dream, to return to Jerusalem and to re-establish their religious national identity. Some of these traditions, and cravings for and the fulfillment of dreams, are engraved in different patterns and motifs on the city’s stone façades.
3. Symbols of Remembrance & Fulfillment
