[Avodah] zecher lechurban

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 02:50:32PM +0300, Eli Turkel wrote:
: BTW over my front door I have a wonderful large scale photograph of the kotel
: taken by my brother-in-law on hoshana raba night as dawn breaks and the
: kotel area is fully filled. (I have an electronic copy for anyone interested)

I don't think that qualifies for the original minhag (taqanah?). Part
of the idea idea is not to complete one's own home while the Bayis
remains unbuilt. Not "just" la'alos es Y-m al rosh simchasi.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha