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Cave of the Patriarchs

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	United Nations Human Rights Website - Treaty Bodies Database - Document - Additional Info from State Party - Israel
		The massacre, committed at the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron on 25 February 1994, was the action of a single individual, acting alone (as was determined by the Commission of Inquiry).
		THE MASSACRE AT THE TOMB OF THE PATRIARCHS IN HEBRON
		The massacre at the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron was a base and murderous act, in which innocent people bending in prayer to their maker were killed.
	www.unhchr.ch /tbs/doc.nsf/0/d6631f0eaea188fe8025675a005570fa?Opendocument (6949 words)

	Cave of the Patriarchs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Cave of the Patriarchs is a religious compound located in the ancient city of Hebron (which lies in the southwest part of the West Bank, in the heart of ancient Judea), and is generally considered by Jews, Christians, and Muslims, to be its spiritual centre.
		According to the midrash, the Patriarchs were buried in the cave because the cave is the threshold to the Garden of Eden.
		The Cave of Machpelah Tomb of the Patriarch at jewishvirtuallibrary
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tomb_of_the_Patriarchs (2511 words)

	CERD/C/282 of 3 May 1995
		the massacre at the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron 6
		The massacre, committed at the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron on 25 February 1994, was the action of a single individual, acting alone (as was determined by the Commission of Inquiry).
		THE MASSACRE AT THE TOMB OF THE PATRIARCHS IN HEBRON
	domino.un.org /unispal.nsf/b792301807650d6685256cef0073cb80/c5290c6cf24447c08525638f00631c2e!OpenDocument (6911 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Cave of the Patriarchs
		The Cave of the Patriarchs is considered to be the spiritual center of the ancient city of Hebron in the Judean part of what is collectivelly known by the world as the West Bank.
		It is called in Hebrew Me-arat Hamachpelah: "The Cave of the 'double' caves or tombs", because (according to Jewish tradition) its hidden twin caves are considered to be the burial place of four "pairs" of important Biblical couples: (1) Adam and Eve; (2) Abraham and Sarah; (3) Isaac and Rebekah; (4) Jacob and Leah.
		The Cave of Machpelah Tomb of the Patriarchs
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Cave_of_Machpelah (742 words)

	COMMISSION OF INQUIRY- MASSACRE AT THE TOMB OF THE PATRIARCHS IN HEBRON - 26-Jun-94
		One unit of Border Police which served at the Tomb of the Patriarchs within the framework of the forces providing security at the site, was replaced due to a lack of discipline and to a failure to accept the authority of the IDF officers commanding the guard shifts.
		To conclude this point: we think that when the Tomb of the Patriarchs reopens, it will be necessary to adopt arrangements, specified in the chapter on recommendations, which will prevent citizens and soldiers, not serving on the staff of the cave or on guard duty, from carrying weapons inside the Tomb.
		The massacre at the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron was a base and murderous act, in which innocent people bending in prayer to their maker were killed.
	www.mfa.gov.il /MFA/Government/Law/Legal+Issues+and+Rulings/COMMISSION+OF+INQUIRY-+MASSACRE+AT+THE+TOMB+OF+THE.htm?DisplayMode=print (12673 words)

	Cave of the Patriarchs massacre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Cave of the Patriarchs massacre occurred on February 25, 1994 at the Cave of the Patriarchs, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
		The facade and minarets of the Cave of the Patriarchs.
		The Cave of the Patriarchs is divided into two sections, one for Jewish worshippers and the other for Muslim worshippers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cave_of_the_Patriarchs_massacre (1243 words)

	Cave of the Patriarchs Information
		The Cave of the Patriarchs is considered to be the spiritual center of the ancient city of Hebron.
		It is mentioned as having been purchased by the Biblical (Hebrew Patriarch) Abraham, as a burial plot for his family after his wife Sarah dies (Book of Genesis, 23 [1]): "He bought a plot of land near Hebron from Ephron the Hittite, the Cave of Mechpelah, for 400 shekels of silver.
		The tombs of Abraham and Sarah are synagogues, whereas the tomb of Isaac and Rebekah is a mosque.
	www.bookrags.com /Cave_of_the_Patriarchs (811 words)

	The Cave of Machpelah - Tomb of the Patriarchs
		The Cave of Machpelah - Tomb of the Patriarchs
		Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca, and Leah are all later buried in the same Cave of Machpelah.
		Many restrictions are imposed on Jewish prayers and customs at the Tomb of the Patriarchs despite the site's significance, primacy and sanctity in Jewish heritage and history.
	www.us-israel.org /jsource/Judaism/machpelah.html (373 words)

	Hebron
		The Book of Genesis relates that Abraham purchased the field where the Tomb of the Patriarchs is located as a burial place for his wife Sarah.
		According to Jewish tradition, the Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the Matriarchs Sarah, Rebekah, and Leah are buried in the Tomb.
		As recorded in Genesis, the Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the Matriarchs Sarah, Rebekah and Leah, are buried there, and — according to a Jewish tradition Adam and Eve are also buried there.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/History/hebron.html (3580 words)

	Hebron (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		It is associated with the Tomb of the Patriarchs.
		The Tomb of the Patriarchs is still the most outstanding building in Hebron.
		Tombs were built over the graves as Moslems forbade entry into the cave itself.
	philo.ucdavis.edu /zope/home/bruce/RST23/STDNTPAGES/tour/places/hebron.html (182 words)

	Where was the tomb of the patriarchs, the religious shrines of pilgrimage? Did Moses write the Bible?
		This indicates that at the time of these writings no one knew where the tomb of the Patriarchs was located, and, much as it is today, there are variant traditions concerning where such and such an event took place, and where the ‘official' spot of pilgrimmage is located.
		In Joshua we read that the tomb of the Patriarchs was located in Shechem, and that Jacob bought the burial ground from the sons of Hamor, presumably before his sons slaughtered the entire town for the rape of their sister Dinah (a variant version of the relationship between the Patriarchs and Hamor).
		The Tomb of the Patriarchs is said to be in Shechem, in agreement with Joshua, but it was Abraham who purchased the tomb from Hamor, in agreement with Genesis.
	www.awitness.org /contrabib/torah/shrine.html (808 words)

	News \| Gainesville.com \| The Gainesville Sun \| Gainesville, Fla. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The text only twice refers to the cave as the cave of [1], and elsewhere designates the cave as the cave of the field of the [2], suggesting that the term Machpelah may not actually be intended to describe the cave, but something else, such as a former owner.
		Until the time of the Byzantine Empire, the inside of the enclosure remained exposed to the sky, but under Byzantine rule a simple basilica was constructed at the southeastern end, and was roofed everywhere except at the centre.
		Under the present arrangements, Jews are restricted to entering by the southwestern side, and limited to the southwestern corridor and the corridors which run between the cenotaphs, while Muslims may only enter by the northeastern side, and are restricted to the remainder of the enclosure.
	www.gainesville.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Tomb_of_the_Patriarchs (2439 words)

	Massacre at Abraham's Tomb
		Palestinian terrorists ambushed the security escort of a group of Jewish settlers returning from Sabbath prayers at the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron.
		The Tomb of the Patriarchs, previously under the control of the Arabs, reverted to Israeli control after the 6-Day War in 1967.
		The Tomb of the Patriarchs covers the double cave in which the patriarchs are buried.
	www.biblenews1.com /history2/20021115.htm (849 words)

	Burial Sites of Biblical Figures - ChristianAnswers.Net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Garden Tomb was identified as the tomb of Jesus only in the late 1800s and lacks historical credibility.
		The Caiaphas family tomb was accidentally discovered by workers constructing a road in a park just south of the Old City of Jerusalem.
		There are three other tombs at the site, thought to be those of the Persian kings Xerxes (485-465 B.C.), Artaxerxes I (465-424 B.C.), and Darius II (423-405 B.C.).
	www.christiananswers.net /q-abr/abr-a026.html (1365 words)

	Definition of Tomb of the Patriarchs
		It is called in Hebrew Me-arat Hamachpela: "The Cave of the 'double' caves or tombs", because it reputedly has twin caves within it and also has four pairs of Biblical couples buried inside of it.
		Both Judaism and Islam agree that entombed within are the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob) as well as three matriarchs (Sarah, Rebeccah, and Leah).
		The Cave of Machpelah Tomb of the Patriarchs (http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Judaism/machpelah.html)
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Tomb_of_the_Patriarchs (602 words)

	Buy patriarchs DVDs (1) - Online Shopping \| Store (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Even John Locke, one of the great patriarchs of the Enlightenment, believed that atheism was "not at all to be tolerated" because, he said, "promises,...
		Jim and Betty Sanders, now the patriarchs of old Del Rio families, don’t have far to go when they come to work every day at 1 pm; their home is upstairs,...
		The villains in her novels are not jealous, controlling patriarchs.
	www.bestbuy-online.net /dvds/index.php?q=patriarchs (237 words)

	All Holy Land Wines
		The Tomb of the Patriarchs is the burial place of Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca and Jacob and Leah, patriarchs and matriarchs of the Jewish people.
		The Torah (Bible) recounts in Genesis that Abraham purchased the field and cave of Machpelah in Hevron from Ephron the Hittite in the presence of the elders of the city for a substantial sum of silver currency as a burial ground for his family.
		The current building housing the Tomb was constructed in the First Century C.E. by Herod the Great, King of Judea from the same Jerusalem stone quarried for the Temple and still visible at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
	www.allhlwines.com /Noah_Hevron_winery.htm (1041 words)

	Temple Models.com Replicas of Israel Historical Sites
		It was one of the first places where the Patriarch Abraham resided after his arrival in Canaan.
		These include the Tombs of Othniel Ben Kenaz, the first Judge of Israel (Judges 3:9-11); Avner Ben Ner, general and confidante to Kings Saul and David; and Ruth and Jesse, great-grandmother and father of King David.
		Victims of the 1929 pogrom, as well as prominent rabbinical sages and community figures, are buried in Hebron's ancient Jewish cemetery.
	www.yahrzeit.org /text_link/machpelah_text/textpage10.htm (372 words)

	Hebron - Crystalinks
		According to Jewish tradition, the Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the Matriarchs Sarah, Rebecca, and Leah are buried in the Tomb.
		These include the Tombs of Othniel Ben Kenaz, the first Judge of Israel (Judges 3:9-11); Avner Ben Ner, general and confidante to Kings Saul and David; and Ruth and Jesse, great-grandmother and father of King David.
		As recorded in Genesis, the Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the Matriarchs Sarah, Rebecca and Leah, are buried there, and - according to a Jewish tradition - Adam and Eve are also buried there.
	www.crystalinks.com /hebron.html (1559 words)

	Hebron
		These include the Tombs of Othniel Ben Kenaz (the first Judge of Israel) and Avner Ben Ner (general and confidante to Kings Saul and David), and Ruth and Jesse (great- grandmother and father, respectively, of King David).
		As recorded in Genesis, the Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the Matriarchs Sarah, Rebecca and Leah, are buried there, and -- according to a Jewish tradition -- Adam and Eve are also buried there.
		Following the massacre and the publication of the committee's findings, it was decided to establish new prayer procedures which would enable both communities to exercise their religious rights as fully and freely as possible and would provide for the complete separation of Jewish and Muslim worshippers.
	netanyahu.org /hebron1.html (3148 words)

	B'Tselem - Testimony of Izlikha al-Muhtaseb,October 2002
		I live close to the Tomb of the Patriarchs and work as a translator for the CPT.
		I saw that the Tomb of the Patriarchs was open and figured that there was probably some religious event going on.
		Three border police officers were standing at the passageway leading from the al-Muhtasibin neighborhood to the area of the Tomb of the Patriarchs, blocking the way of those residents who wanted to leave the neighborhood.
	www.btselem.org /English/Testimonies/20021025_Beating_of_Ahmad_and_Izlikha_al_Muhtasab_Hebron.asp (755 words)

	KNLS Author's Journal - Humble 04
		The Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron was built over the Cave of Macpelah by the Jewish king, Herod the Great.
		The Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron stands over the Cave of Machpelah where Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and their wives, were buried nearly 4000 years ago.
		Except for the crusades, the Muslims were in control of the Tomb of the Patriarchs for the next 1300 years, and for most of those years Jews were forbidden to enter the Tomb.
	www.knls.org /English/trascripts/humble04.htm (1975 words)

	The Sanctuary of Abraham (Al-Haram Al-Ibrahimi), Hebron
		Considered to be the fourth holiest site in Islam, Al-Haram Al-Ibrahimi (Sanctuary of Abraham) or Tomb of the Patriarchs dominates the city of Hebron.
		This fifth step was the limit to which Jews were allowed in the past, and here they came to pray as at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, but since 1967, the Israeli occupants changed the status of the Mosque and altered part of it to a Jewish Synagogue, in violation to international law.
		The cenotaphs of the Patriarchs (pbut) are richly decorated and covered with green tapestries embroidered with Qur'anic verses and other pious inscriptions.
	www.atlastours.net /holyland/sanctuary_of_abraham.html (783 words)

	ADL Backgrounder - Sudan And Terrorism
		As the traditional birthplace of the biblical patriarch Abraham, the city is holy to both Jews and Muslims.
		According to the Bible, the city's Tomb of the Patriarchs, Ma'arat HaMachpela, is the burial site of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs including Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebecca, Jacob and Leah.
		The Tomb, known to Muslims as the Ibrahimi Mosque, is used for daily prayer services by both Jews and Muslims.
	www.adl.org /presrele/islme_62/hebron_62.asp (945 words)

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