Hebron Day Celebrated in the City of the Patriarchs!

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- Staff
15/05/2018

Parades filled the streets of the old city of Hebron on Monday for
Yom Hevron, or Hebron Day, which celebrates the liberation of the city from the
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in 1967. The better known Jerusalem Day took place a
day earlier. The dramatic victory of Israel against three surrounding armies in the
Six Day War brought about not only the reunification of Jerusalem, but also the
liberation of cities in Judea and Samaria. Jews were barred from visiting holy sites
such as the Tomb of Machpela for the 19 years of Jordanian
occupation.

On Monday, children waved flags and sang songs for the annual event.

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Celebrating in Hebron

Posted by David
Wilder on Monday, May 14, 2018

On the 29th of Iyar on the Hebrew calendar, corresponding to June 8, 1967,
Rabbi Shlomo Goren, chief rabbi of the Israel Defense Forces rolled into Hebron in a
jeep. Expecting to meet up with the rest of the troops, he ended up almost
singlehandedly liberating Hebron, as he was greeted with white flags of surrender.

Rabbi Goren and a small group of soldiers entered the
Tomb of Machpela to blow the shofar and read from the Torah, similar to the day
earlier when the Western Wall in Jerusalem was liberated. This marked the first
time in 700 years that a Jewish person freely entered and prayed in the Cave
of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs. The ancient building had been restricted by
the Mamlukes who invaded from Egyptian centuries before.

For the full story on Rabbi Goren click here.