Worshippers will also be required to adhere to social distancing measures and, to facilitate this, the plaza will be divided into separate areas for prayer. Access will also be capped at 300 worshippers.
Once the plaza is at capacity, those seeking to pray at the site will be required to queue two metres apart before space becomes available.
Reports have also suggested that worshippers are having their temperatures taken and personal details recorded before they enter the plaza.
The Rabbi of the Western Wall, Shmuel Rabinowitz, said that in accordance with Halachic law, those who have not seen the Temple Mount – which sits above the Western Wall – in the past 30 days should tear their clothing and say a special prayer.
The Western Wall tunnels remain closed due to the ongoing ban on group prayer in an enclosed space.
In mid-March, the Ashkenazi and Sephardi chief rabbis, David Lau and Yitzak Yosef, ordered religious Jews to follow the advice of the Israeli Health Ministry and to avoid praying at the Western Wall in a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Rabbi Rabinowitz has also previously asked that worshippers refrain from kissing the Wall’s stones for the duration of the pandemic.
