Posted on 11/20/2009 7:28:26 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Jews had long suspected that the entrance to the real burial chamber must be here, and because of that they placed their prayer slips of paper in wall cracks on the exterior of the building at this same location... Dr. Jevin... recounted to Nachrichten aus Israel (News from Israel) how he forced himself through a narrow entrance, went down 16 steps and crawled along a 20-meters long, 60-cm high and 100-cm wide tunnel in order to finally reach a 3.5 x 3.5 meter room. The chamber, tunnel and steps were all made of the same worked stones as the building exterior. They were a homogenous group of building materials belonging to Herodian-era construction... Behind broken-off plaster, he discovered Latin script, dating to Crusader times, containing the names Jacob and Abraham... Earlier Moshe Dayan, both Israel's Defense Minister and an amateur archaeologist, had been curious about this site. Following the Six Day War, he and 12-year-old Michal lowered themselves with a rope through the 30-cm, narrow opening into this chamber, which was 20 cm from the blocked floor opening in Yitzhak Hall. They measured this chamber but found no bones. Now, Dr. Jevin was standing in this same underground chamber. He was prepared to break off his search when he stumbled on a floor plate. Suspecting a hollow space underneath, he lifted the plate, found a hole and slid through the narrow opening. Now Dr. Jevin found himself in a 3.5 x 4 meter room from which a passage to a second smaller oval room led. He recalled the Talmud (Baba Bathra 58,770), which indicated two caves and recalled that the name "Machpela" itself means "double cave."
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What My Seven-Year-Old Grandson Can Teach President Obama About Israel
Jewish Week | 7-1-09 | Lenny Ben-David
Posted on 07/01/2009 10:45:41 AM PDT by SJackson
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Interesting biblical history ping
Fascinating.
The patience and tolerance of the Israelis is astounding.
I can’t believe they haven’t pushed the muzzies into the sea yet.
Is it possible then, to visit the grave of Abraham without having to walk through that creepy mosque?
I most definitely felt a “presence” walking through that, and it was NOT Abraham, Isaac, or Jacob!
:O
I don't understand it myself. They are too tolerant when they give up lands of immense value and let those murderers trample on them.
How long, Lord? When will You visit Your justice upon the wicked?
Yes, but it involves a bulldozer.
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