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Message at the Kotel

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I would like to know if when we place a message in the Kotel, is this from Halacha or just a custom? Also if it’s Halacha where is the source that tells us to do so, if it’s just a custom, when did it originate?

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It is a custom, apparently hundreds of years old.

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