Well, for those of you that can’t make it to the Western Wall, you’ll be pleased to know that there are a number of services on the Internet (go on, go search!) that promise to place your own, personal prayer between the cracks of the Western Wall – and it just got even better if you use Twitter.

Oh yes, for the price of a tweet (er, free) you can now deliver your own personal prayer directly to God via the Western Wall. A service that enables you to tweet your prayer to the Western Wall has recently been launched, and, quite frankly, it’s one of those simple ideas that makes you think, “If only I’d thought of it first…”.

Good intentions from the founders of the service:

First and foremost, our mission is to give anyone on earth the opportunity to place his prayers in the Kotel (Western Wall). When we created a user account for the Kotel we had several intentions in mind. The first was to use the popularity and prevalence of Twitter in order to make the Kotel more accessible to people around the world. It seemed perfectly sensible, almost trivial, to provide anyone on the planet the opportunity to quickly and easily place his prayer in the Kotel. Tweeting only takes a few seconds and it’s substantially easier, quicker and cheaper than hopping on a plane to Israel.

It is, of course, available to anyone with a Twitter account, just log in to Twitter and send your tweet to @TheKotel. And if you need more than the maximum 140 characters (or really can’t be bothered with Twitter) you can simply send an email to TheKotel@ymail.com. The prayers are then printed out and placed at the Western Wall. Privacy is guaranteed.

Improvements to the service are on the way already apparently. We’ll be keeping an eye on anything interesting…and whatever you’ve got to say about new technology that is ever-encroaching on our privacy and free-time, this is an idea that is here to help. Or kill tourism to the Western Wall…nah, only kidding!

For more info on the Western Wall, one of the ultimate destinations on your trip to Israel, click here.

This list is currently fairly short as it includes only those who write in English – though even if I was to add those who write almost entirely in Hebrew, such as leading politicians Benyamin Netanyahu (the PM of course) and Tzipi Livni (leader of the Kadima party), the list would still be incredibly short. Pick up of Twitter is slow among the cultural and political elite in the Holy Land, though we’ll keep a track and update this list with any newbies. And if you know of any Israeli celebs out there not on this list, let us know!

And don’t worry, an Israeli celeb is just like any other international celeb – yep, they’ll probably never ever follow you back.

	@noatishby- Noa is one of Israel’s more successful exports to Hollywood, though still not quite big-time. She describes herself as “Acting, producing, story telling. Dog loving.”
	@guyzo - Guy delivers the late night news show on Israel’s Channel 10, and also goes to my gym. He describes himself as “Stands and Delivers”.
	@ivrilider- Ivri is the Coldplay of Israeli rock’n'roll. He doesn’t have a bio, just a link to his website.
	@talberman - Tal has no Bio but lives in Tel Aviv – he is a very popular morning radio show DJ and often hosts culture-related TV shows.
	@avidichter- Avi Dichter is one of the only Israeli politicians to write often in English. He describes himself as “Member of Knesset (Israeli parliament) and former Shabak chief”.
	@assiazar - Assi recently gained celebrity status as joint host of Israel’s first ever season of Big Brother. He describes himself as “a tv host… and i hope that a good one”.
	@yonibloch - Yoni is a multi-talented singer, also a recent panellist on the Israeli Star is Born TV show. He has no Bio but does include a link to his website.
	@YossiBoublil - Quite possibly the only fake celeb in this list, and the most likely to follow you back. Yossi rose to fame on the first ever season of Big Brother and describes himself as a “porcupine from Ashkelon, now with important goals in life – Gilad Shalit (the Israeli soldier kidnapped over 3 years ago)”.
	@roni_duani- Otherwise known as Roni Superstar the pop songstress, Roni describes herself as a “full time isreali singer, side job as a communication student”. Bless her for the typo, but at least she’s trying…
	@idotadmor – Renowned dancer and choreographer, and TV dance contest panellist. He also doesn’t have a Bio section, just a link to his very nicely designed website.