Editing Pilgrimage (section)

==Judaism==
{{See also|Temple in Jerusalem|Jerusalem in Judaism|Three Pilgrimage Festivals}}
[[File:Gerome Western Wall.png|thumb|upright=0.9|[[Jew]]s at the [[Western Wall]] in [[Jerusalem]] during the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] period, 1867]]
While [[Solomon's Temple]] stood, Jerusalem was the centre of the Jewish religious life and the site of the [[Three Pilgrimage Festivals]] of [[Passover]], [[Shavuot]] and [[Sukkot]], and all adult men who were able were required to visit and offer sacrifices (''[[korbanot]]'') at the Temple. After the destruction of the Temple, the obligation to visit Jerusalem and to make sacrifices no longer applied. The obligation was restored with the [[Second Temple|rebuilding of the Temple]], but following its destruction in 70 CE, the obligation to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and offer sacrifices again went into abeyance.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Williams|first=Margaret|title=Jews in a Graeco-Roman environment|year=2013|isbn=978-3-16-151901-7|location=Tübingen, Germany|pages=42|oclc=855531272}}</ref>

The western retaining wall of the [[Temple Mount]], known as the [[Western Wall]] or "Wailing" Wall, is the remaining part of [[Second Jewish Temple]] in the [[Old City (Jerusalem)|Old City of Jerusalem]] is the most sacred and visited site for Jews. Pilgrimage to this area was off-limits to Jews from 1948 to 1967, when East Jerusalem was under [[Jordan]]ian control.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Western Wall|url=http://mosaic.lk.net/g-wall.html|website=mosaic.lk.net|access-date=6 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Western Wall: History & Overview|url=http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/history-and-overivew-of-the-western-wall|website=www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org|access-date=27 March 2018}}</ref>

There are numerous lesser Jewish pilgrimage destinations, mainly tombs of ''[[tzadik]]im'', throughout [[Israel]] and [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] and all over the world, including: [[Hebron]]; [[Bethlehem]]; [[Mount Meron]]; [[Netivot]]; [[Uman]], [[Ukraine]]; [[Silistra]], [[Bulgaria]]; [[Damanhur]], [[Egypt]]; and many others.<ref>See David M. Gitlitz and Linda Kay Davidson, ''Pilgrimage and the Jews'' (Westport, CT: Praeger, 2006) for history and data on several pilgrimages to both Ashkenazi and Sephardic holy sites.</ref>

Many rabbis claim that even today, after the destruction of the Temple, there is a mitzvah to make a pilgrimage on holidays.<ref>Rabbi [[Eliezer Melamed]], [https://ph.yhb.org.il/en/12-01-16/ Making the Pilgrimage Nowadays] in [[Peninei Halakha]]</ref>