The Tomb of the Patriarchs
Guards on the street near the tomb
A horse. Okay, what's up?
The Tomb of the Patriachs, from outside
A Crusader addition to the old Hebronian building
A muzzein tower added by the Ottomans
Graffitti
This is the spot directly across from the tomb. Jews often some here to pray
This is the spot
One of the Rabbis from my tour
Stairs leading up to the Jewish entrance
Arabic lettering. All of the conqueres have left their marks on the building
More Arabic
Washing station
The grave of Esau (or, according to some traditions, Adam)
Candles lit by the tombs
An ark in the chapel
The tomb of Avraham. This giant Muslim stone is not his coffin, just a marker. The grave is below, underground.
The marker
A sign marking that this is Avraham's grave
The grave of Leah the Matriarch
The men's section of the synagogue inside the tomb complex
The women's section
The Grave of Yaakov (Jacob) Our Father
Through the bars, to the Muslim grave marker
Yaakov
The grave of Sarah
Sarah's grave
Sorry for the lousy lighting
People have thrown in notes to Sarah
Daveners in the chapel by Sarah's grave
The chapel
Davening in the cahpel
Davening
The walls of the tomb
The Streets of Hebron
Arguing on the streets
IDF guards argue with the Arab citizens
The synagogue named after a murdered Jewish girl
The old Jewish cemetary, which we couldn't get off the bus to visit because we were out of time
Rabbi David, the Chabad Schliach of Hebron (the one laughing)
Graffitti in the Jewish area
Ah, Hebron!
The Chaban Menuchah Rachel Shul
Inside the shul (it was this one room)
A guardposts on the streets near the Jewish Quarter
The Israeli flag!
Another outpost
A shack where someone lives
Making tar to seal of his shack
A shelter for soldiers
A political slogan
Hebron is ... not exactly the wealthiest place
... or the most built-up. This used to be the Arab market
Up the hills of Hebron, where King David had his palace before he conquered Jerusalem
The Avraham Avinu Synagogue
The Avraham Avinu shul was destroyed and rebuilt several times. It is called the Avraham Avinu shul because there is a legend that Avraham himself once visited the shul to help make a minyan.
The ark of the shul
The head of the Hebron community, giving us a speech
The old Torahs of the community
The ancient Torah
The wooden one is a new Torah
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Davening in the shul
Military Outpost
Adi, one of the guards at the military outpost
At this military outpost was also the grave of Ruth and Jesse, ancestors of King David
This place used to be a mosque
Adi makes a peace sign!
The Grave of Menucha Rachel
Menucha Rachel was either the wife or the mother or the daughter of the first Lubavitcher Rebbe. I forget which.
Her grave
The compex guarding her grave. On the platform are lots of soldiers
A soldier waves at us
A mosque never the grave, for totally unrelated reasons