Monday, July 5, 2010

POST #7: Chevron and Beit Lechem

A plaque in a hundreds-year-old Chabad Shul in Chevron dedicating the library to my grandfather, Zaide Gordon, a"h.

Under the plaque and the Rebbe's picture.

4,000 year old street, where Avraham may very well have walked.

A donkey wandering around a military installation in Chevron.

A glimpse of the 4,000 year old street under a brand new apt. building dedicated to the Rebbe.
Davening Mincha in the Mearas Hamachpela, the burial site of of our matriarchs and patriarchs. (It was a loong Mincha. :)
The view of Chevron from the steps of Mearas Hamachpela, and behind us, the lookout for the army.
On the steps up to the Mearas Hamachpela.
There are the UN inspectors, dining in the Arab cafe in Chevron. They are in charge of drinking coffee and making sure everyone is behaving.
A grumpy old Arab woman not cooperating with the soldiers in Chevron. The barrier you see is to prevent Jews from entering the Arab section of the city.
"Here lies Sarah our Mother."
"Here lies our Father Jacob."
"Here lies our Father Abraham."
Dedicated to Isaac and Rebeccah (they are in the Arab section of the building, off limits to Jews. Go know.)


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