The hand of the son of Kimakam

In ancient times, the Arabs did not even allow an Israelite to come on the street where the Cave of the Patriarchs was, and every Israelite who came on that street was stoned. And that's why - in those days - they stopped coming on this street, until Ibrahim Peha came to the land and his fear fell on them. Natan Ibrahim gave permission for our brother to approach the wall of the cave, from the outside, to pray there, but not to enter it. And everyone who enters it, whether Jew or Arab, is of the same religion as the dead. And it came to pass after the ruler prevailed over the lesser Egyptians and captured the land under his hand, the Arabs returned to their wickedness and did not allow our brother to come through this street. Until the act we will be.

One time Ben Hakimakam, the governor of the city of Hebron, went. through the street and saw a Jew praying by the wall of the Cave of the Patriarchs, and shouted at him in a loud voice. Out of fear, the Jew took the book of psalms in his hand and gave it to a guy in the wall who was entering the cave, and ran for his life before the Arabs gathered at the voice of the boy, the governor's son.

And when the boy who gave the book saw it at the wall, he went to get it. He put his hand in the hole, searched with his hand among the stones and did not find it. And when he tried to take his hand out, he could not, because his hand was caught between the large stones and broke. But because of the great faith of the Arabs in the holy places, the boy thought that someone had grabbed his hand and wouldn't let him take it out, and he cried out in a bitter voice so that people would come to save him.

And the inhabitants of the city, and also his father the governor, came to the sound of his shout, but God had no hand to remove the boy's hand. And the governor sent to call the rabbi from the holy city of Hebron. The rabbi understood that the boy's hand was broken between the stones, and he took it out of the stones. And they carried the boy home and he got very sick. First because of the great pain because his hand was broken, and second because of the great fear, thinking that one of the fathers was holding his hand, and all the doctors said his life was hopeless.

So the governor sent to the rabbi a second time to ask him to pray for his son. And so the rabbi did, and the boy was cured. And from that day the governor gave permission to our brothers to pray at the Western Wall from the outside and no one would disturb them. But no one is allowed to enter the cave, and it is against the laws of the state. Only an Arab would take him down in a box. once a day. Light the candles, and it will not touch the ground. And anyone who enters it will be beaten vigorously. And in the previous years his punishment was burning.

(Hebron book 'Givat Shaul' by Rash Horenstein)