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Hebron
The soul of the Jewish people


Torah giving due to ancestors
And God called to him from the mountain saying (Exodus 19:3) - due to the mountain, and there is no mountain but ancestors, as it is...
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What is between Hebron and Jerusalem?
A unique connection exists between Hebron and Jerusalem. Every day, before offering the perpetual morning sacrifice, the priests in the...
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Do in the Cave of the Patriarchs
When the sons of Jacob came to bury their father in the Cave of the Patriarchs, Esau came and stopped them, Esau said: "Yaakov buried his...
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The creation of the world thanks to ancestors
When God wanted to create His world, He looked at the deeds of the wicked and He did not want to create the world - the human generation,...
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Purim of a window
In the year 1544, approximately, a cruel and greedy Phah ruled Hebron. And it happened today that he called the heads of the community...
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The captive from Hebron
In those days, Hebron was in the hands of the Crusaders. A Christian house of worship stood on the Cave of the Patriarchs and a large...
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Hebron - the first Hebrew city. The soul of the Jewish people
This is where it all started. In Aloni Mamra in Hebron, Avraham our father chose to settle down. Here Abraham, the first Jew, purchased...
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The purchase of the Machapela cave
Twelve verses in the chapter "Sarah's Life" in the Book of Genesis detail at great length the ownership of the Cave of the Patriarchs, by...
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Elijah the prophet in the Cave of the Patriarchs
Elijah the prophet used to come to study with Rabbi Yehuda Hanasi. Once on Rosh Chodesh, which is longer in prayer, Eliyahu was late and...
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Death of Abner ben Ner in Hebron
Abner ben Ner was killed in Hebron by Yoav ben Zuriya: "And Abner sat in Hebron and Yoav leaned into the gate to speak with him at Shlee...
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The Cave of the Patriarchs - Gate of Heaven for souls
"When a soul leaves this world, it enters the Cave of the Patriarchs, where Heaven opened, and it meets the first Adam and the ancestors...
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Abner Ben Ner's grave
According to ancient Jewish traditions, the tomb of Abner Ben-Ner, who was the minister of King Saul's army, is located near the Cave of...
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The Cave of the Patriarchs does not belong to the Arabs
Some claim that the cave of the fold belongs to Jews and Arabs alike, because our father Abraham had two sons, Isaac and Ishmael, - but...
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Entrance of priests to the Machpela cave
A. Apart from the fear of impurity due to the ancestors, there are fears of impurity due to bones found under the structure on the cave,...
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All mentions of Hebron in Zohar
* Zohar Vol. 1 (Bereishit) Parashat Lech Lech, page pen, page 2, Demit Shaul and Malkuta I will hold on to David Amai, he will not accept...
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Cave of Othniel Ben Kenez
On the road leading from the Beit Hadassah neighborhood to the Yishai Lands neighborhood in Tel Rumida, beyond the soldiers' checkpoint,...
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Yishai grave and Ruth's grave in Hebron
At the top of Tel Hebron (Tel Rumida), near the Yishai Lands neighborhood and the remains of walls from the time of the patriarchs and...
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Aloni Mamra
In the north of Hebron there is an ancient complex from the Roman period, identified as the place of "Aloni Mamra", the residence of the...
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Maayan Sara
Ma'ayan Sara in Hebron is located a little south of Eloni Mamra. The spring is hidden because a mosque was built right over a special and...
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Ashel Avraham
Up a hill in the west of Hebron, in the courtyard of a Russian church - Muscovy, stands a very ancient tree popularly known as "Eshel...
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Avraham Avino neighborhood
The Avraham Avino neighborhood was established in the 16th century after the area was bought by Jews deported from Spain, they...
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Beit Nahum and Yehuda
Beit Nahum and Yehuda was built in 1998 as an addition to the Avraham Avino neighborhood. The name of the building - "Beit Nahum and...
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Beit Romano
Beit Romano was built in 1879 by the gentleman Avraham Romano, as part of the exit from the "Ghetto", and it was used as a hospitality...
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Schneerson House
Beit Schneerson is a building in the southern part of the Beit Hadassah neighborhood. The building was built in the 19th century by...
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