A UNESCO resolution sparked outraged because it described the site as “Palestinian”. This however is not an acknowledgment of property but rather of location. The place is holy to all the three ...

Abraham came to eulogize Sarah and to bewail her… And the field of Efron, which was in Machpelah… and the cave which was in it….were made over to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the ...

An entire chapter in the Bible is dedicated to the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, showing the site’s importance in scripture. Today we will visit this holy site, which unfortunately is not on many ...

As Nov. 19’s Shabbat Chayei Sarah approaches, we are once again reminded of the prominent place of Hebron in Jewish history. According to the biblical narrative, Abraham’s wife Sarah died in Hebron.

On July 12, I joined hundreds of people from around the world at the Machpelah Cave in Hebron, the sacred resting place of our patriarchs and matriarchs. We came to pray and to strengthen one another, ...

According to tradition, Sarah was not the first person to be buried in the Machpelah cave in Hevron. Already buried there were Adam and Eve. Subsequently three more couples joined them: Abraham and ...

And they buried him [Abraham], Isaac and Ishmael his sons, in the Cave of Machpelah … (Genesis 25:9). I wonder: how many of you have been to Hebron? Hebron means “friendship” or “unity.” How ironic.