[Avodah] Kosel vs shul in Old City

[Zev Sero]

Daniel Eidensohn wrote:
> I davened mincha today in the Ramban's shul in the Old City.
> 
> Someone objected and said that I should have prayed at the Kosel since 
> it has greater sanctity.
> 
> Is there such a priority?

If there were one, what would be its limits?  After all, Meah Shearim
is only a half-hour's walk from the Kosel or less; should all the shuls
there close down?  Perhaps all the shuls "min hatzofim velifnim"?

One could argue that ein hachi nami -- in past times (such as when the
Ramban davened at the original shul that continues to bear his name
even after it moved to its present location) the Kosel wasn't readily
accessible, so shuls were built elsewhere, but now that one can walk
to the Kosel one should, and all those shuls should close down; but it
seems a strange argument.  In the times of the 2nd BHMK were there no
shuls in Y'm?

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