B"H
This morning, I left quite early for Hebron. I have never really been there except for passing through on a bus and getting stoned. This was years ago but Hebron still shows lots of tentions. The city is divided between Jews and Arabs. The Jews only possess a quarter of the city and I always had to be careful where to walk and depended on Israeli soldiers showing me the way. Once I didn't feel too save because I was surrounded by Arab kids and teenagers but I remeained calm and just kept on walking.
My main destination was, of course, the Ma'arat HaMachpelah" where our forefathers and Adam and Eve (Chava) are buried. I was shocked because there were old green covers made out of fabric covering the graves of Avraham and Sarah. The covers had a golden inscription in Arabic. I had not expected the Machpelah looking so Arab in its design. As expected, the "Yitzchak Hall" was closed and only accessible for Arabs.
Why Yitzchak ? Why not Avraham ? What do Muslims have to do with Yitzchak ?
I am still on a little vacation but I am going to give lots of details on Hebron this week.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
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Wikipedia has an entry on Islam's connection to Isaac.
ReplyDeleteJoel
Religion and State in Israel
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ReplyDeleteThanks for the link !
I didn't know that Muslims consider him as a prophet. Basically all three halls, Olam Avraham, Olam Yitzchak and Olam Yaakov belong to the Muslims in the Machpelah. However, Olam Yitzchak is only open for Jews dring Pessach and Sukkot.