Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty travelled to the Western Wall in Jerusalem as part of his official tour of Israel.

Accompanied by his wife Christine Elliott and Rabbi Chaim Mendelsohn, director of public affairs at the Canadian Federation of Chabad-Lubavitch, Flaherty – who was in Israel with Foreign Minister John Baird – made the trip to the holy site during a hectic schedule of bilateral meetings with Israeli and Palestinian officials.

At the Wall, he discussed Chabad-Lubavitch’s charitable work in Canada, Israel and around the world.