Photo Every Day 2026

Near the Western Wall Plaza, this stone fountain serves as a netilat yadayim station where visitors ritually wash their hands before praying at the Kotel. Using the copper cups and running water from the taps is a traditional act of preparation—both practical and spiritual—before approaching the ancient stones.

In Jesus’ day the Pharisees strongly emphasized these types of purity practices, and He repeatedly pushed back when they were treated as more important than inner transformation. He wasn’t forbidding washing itself, but He was pointing out that cleaning the outside (hands, cups, appearance) is worthless if the inside (greed, hypocrisy, lack of love for God and neighbor) stays dirty.

Only God can truly clean the inside! Through the finished work of Jesus on the cross, those who trust in Him alone for salvation can be made clean where it matters most… for all of eternity!