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Patriarchs Tombs- Cave of Machpelah
FruitLover Says: The alternative biblical name for Hebron, KIRIATH-ARBA ('the town of the four'), is explained to refer to the four couples buried there,
FruitLover Says: The actual meaning of 'MACHPELAH" is 'DOUBLE' (from the Hebrew root k-p-l), and is interpreted as referring either to a double cave or to the 'couples' buried in the cave.The Bible relates that Avraham, wishing to bury Sarah, purchased Machpelah from Efron the Hittite for...
Hadassa House II; Avraham avinu synagogue
FruitLover Says: The Abraham Avinu Synagogue (Hebrew: áéú äëðñú òì ùí àáøäí àáéðåý) was built in 1540. The domed structure represented the physical center of the Jewish Quarter of Hebron, and became the spiritual center of the Jewish Community there and a major center for the study of...
FruitLover Says: A sign on the Hadassah House commemorating the 1929 massacre of Hebron’s Jews, when 67 Jews were killed. Although the remainder of the town’s Jews were hidden by sympathetic Arabs, the British evacuated the survivors. The Jews who settled in Hebron following the 1967...
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Mcclovis Says: The Mosque/synagogue/once-church above the caves of the Patriarchs is the most important historical building in Hebron. The Patriarchs in question are Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Since I am in favour of political correctness I shall also include their wives Sara, Rebecca and...
fabrice Says: when there is a curfew , or a general strike, everything is closed
Childish Says: The land around the Oak of Abraham near Hebron was bought by the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws) in 1868. The idea belonged to Antonin Kapustin, and Russians managed to buy the land from the Muslim owner with the help of Jacob Halebi who...
Childish Says: Hm, the Oak tree is old indeed. But whether it is the oak where Abraham saw God as three men in Genesis 18, I do not know.'The LORD appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day. Abraham looked up...
Sue08080 Says: Here at the Tomb of the Patriarchs you will find the traditional burial place of Abraham and Sarah. It is a holy site for both Jews and Muslims. Each group has a sepatare place to pray here.It seemed to be an oasis of prayer surrounded by turmoil.
mafi_moya Says: Hebron is an ancient city in a part of the world that stretches back for thousands of years. Just northeast of the Tomb of Abraham, and dotted about elsewhere, are remains of the old city, now crumbling but still very attractive. This part is in a high security zone on the...
mafi_moya Says: Hebron is two cities in one - part is run by the Palestinian Authority, part by the Israeli authorities. To walk between them, past the numerous high security checkpoints, is like entering a new world. While the Palestinian half is poor but bustling and full of life, colour...
mafi_moya Says: This is the Rabbi's Plot of Hebron's ancient Jewish cemetery. Numerous very famous Rabbis are buried here, as are some of the victims of the 1929 riots. The whole cemetery is quite an extensive site and there was nobody about so just let yourself in and have a wander around.
mafi_moya Says: Jesse was the father of King David and this small hilltop tomb is where he was buried. It must be one of the strangest ''tourist attractions'' that I've ever seen. It's a tiny little cavern with a couple of candles and pictures, right in the middle of an Israeli army camp....
mafi_moya Says: Just inside the Israeli controlled part of the city, this is a former community hospital and synagogue. It now houses a small museum about the history of Hebron's Jewish community, with specific focus on the 1929 riots in the city that left many Jews dead. The building next...
mafi_moya Says: The souk dominates the Palestinian part of the city and it's a typical West Bank market: chaotic, crowded, bustling and colourful - with insane traffic jams and endless beeping horns. Some of the buildings in this area are left over from Mamluk and even Crusader periods (as...
mafi_moya Says: From Israel the easiest way to get to Hebron is from Jerusalem. Catch bus number 21 from the main street right outside Damascus Gate, going to Beit Jala. Stay on until the final stop, where you're dropped by the side of the Hebron Road and there are buses and service taxis...
mafi_moya Says: I've travelled in quite a few countries where camels are a common sight, but very few tend to eat them. They can be very expensive and valuable animals so at most the meat is available only as a delicacy.But in Hebron it's quite common to see skinned camels strung up at the...
mafi_moya Says: While many of the people in Hebron are understandably wary of speaking to strangers, I found most people that I did talk to to be very friendly and welcoming. But at the end of the day this is one of the West Bank's numerous hotspots and its obviously best to be sensible....
fabrice Says: see hebron,and the border between the arab city and the jewish district;I came by taxi from bethlehem,then by foot from the arab part of hebron,to the tomb of the patriarchs,then to qiryat-arba
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see hebron,and the border between the arab city and the jewish district;I came by taxi from bethlehem,then by foot from the arab part of hebron,to the tomb of...
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It wasn't planned to go to Hebron. We had some time left on our first day in the Holy Land and after visiting the Mar Sabas Monastery we left to Hebron instead going to Jerusalem immediately. Again,...
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The City where I learned the meaning of Injustice
The picture shows one of the streets of the Old City of Hebron. Jewish settlers have occupied the buildings on the upper floors and toss their rubbish down onto the Palestinian residents and shoppers...
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The Cave of Machpelah is, probably, the world's most ancient Jewish site. The cave and the adjoining field were purchased - at full market price - by the Patriarch Avraham some 3,700 years ago. The...
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