The Secrets behind Me'arat Hamachpela and the Power of 400

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now i want to pick up on what i think is a fascinating topic it's something that we touched upon this pair shabbat and it's something that i'd like to tie up the loose ends would see atta i think the right way to start this because the truth is when you speak about there is so much to say on a historical level on a halachic level on a halachic level you wouldn't believe how much there is to jump into on this unbelievable macon i'd like to start with a story rabbotai listen to this it's a story that maybe you heard over the years this is a story about rabb abraham azulai the grandfather of the khida he at that time was the the rabbi of hebron the chief rabbi the rabbi of hebron the chief rabbi and it turns out that an incredible story took place there was a pasha an arab that he was in charge of the entire area and he had an army and there was no secret that this particular pasha had it out for the jews every now and then he would visit chevron he would make trouble one time he went to malata and those were the years i don't know if anyone remembers this i remember many years ago when i was 13 i remember many years ago when i was 13 the first time i went to israel 13 years old it was actually like a somewhat of a bar mitzvah president and my father let me go with a a friend of ours a family that was going and we went to maratha and at that time that side where the arabs pray was still open for jews to enter because it was before the intifada before the interface and i remember the hole in the ground

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1. 0:00now i want to pick up on what i think is a fascinating topic it's something…
2. 5:07he has no idea what's going to happen and he descends down the stairs into the…
3. 9:47abraham avina we just read was so committed he was so bent on insisting he's ready…
4. 13:56the smell of ganedham in this ma'ara right next to these two beautifully old looking people…
5. 18:36israel with such wonderful goods if you take a look you find the al-khutri uvaini he's…
6. 23:10burial spot from the grave of moshe rabbenu like there was a tunnel that led from…
7. 27:21giving from the snake from the original nakhash this guy was a rasha mirusha they appointed…
8. 31:58no you know what he did he murdered zimri he murdered cosby he raised them up…
9. 36:05matronita there was this duchess i believe she came to one rabbi i'll say red papa…
10. 40:46in the consecration of the deal the kenyan itself this is what's going to stand between…

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