Over 35,000 people attended the Passover music festival in Hebron on Monday April 2,
2018. The annual holiday event included children’s activities and tours of the historic
sections of the city and surrounding nature areas. News outlets reported that over
15,000 people visited the Tomb of Machpela in one day, a significant increase from last
year. The Facebook and YouTube live streams of the concert attracted even more viewers
throughout the world.
Popular musicians performed live in stage, including Ishay Ribo, Haim Israel, Benny
Landau, Yossi Cohen, the Kinderlach and more.
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Guest speakers included Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Defense Eli Ben-Dahan, head
of the Religious Affairs Ministry CEO Oded Fluss, Member of Knesset Yehudah Glick,
former Member of Knesset Michael Ben-Ari, Hebron Jewish community spokesman Noam Arnon,
Hebron municipality CEO Uri Karzen, and more.
The next morning, thousands packed the Hall of Isaac & Rebecca for Passover
prayer services at dawn. The musical ceremony was led by Rabbi Shmuel
Eliyahu, chief rabbi of Tzfat and accompanied by guitars, flutes, drums and plenty
of singing and dancing.
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אליהו והרב אייל יעקובוביץ
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The Isaac Hall includes the “entrance to the Garden of Eden,” a hole in the floor
that leads into the cave where the actual underground tombs are located. The cenotaphs,
or memorials to Isaac and Rebecca are also located there.
The hall is open to the general public only ten times throughout the year, mostly
corresponding to Jewish holidays. Normally the hall is reserved for Muslim prayers. In a
rotation agreement with the Muslim Waqf, Islamic services are held in the normally
Jewish area on ten select days throughout the year.
Rabbi Eliyahu stated, “we had a taste of the Biblical ascension of the
Temple. The Temple is called the House of God, not our house, and it is our mission to
remember the joy in every prayer.”
Temple. The Temple is called the House of God, not our house, and it is our mission to
remember the joy in every prayer.”
NOTES:
* IDF Judea
Brigade secures thousands of worshipers – Kikar HaShabbat
* Thousands in
Hebron for Passover – Channel 10
* Pesach
festivities in the City of our Forefathers – Israel National News
* Festive special
event at Cave of the Patriarchs – Arutz Sheva
* Prayer and melodies
in the Cave of the Patriarchs – Arutz Sheva
Brigade secures thousands of worshipers – Kikar HaShabbat
* Thousands in
Hebron for Passover – Channel 10
* Pesach
festivities in the City of our Forefathers – Israel National News
* Festive special
event at Cave of the Patriarchs – Arutz Sheva
* Prayer and melodies
in the Cave of the Patriarchs – Arutz Sheva
Plan your visit to Hebron today:
United States contact info:
http://www.hebronfund.org
1760 Ocean Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11230
718-677-6886
info@hebronfund.org
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/hebronofficial
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/hebronvideo
Israeli contact info:
http://en.hebron.org.il/
02-996-5333
office@hebron.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hebron.machpela
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/hebronvideo
RELATED ARTICLES:
* VIDEO: Thousands Celebrate
Passover in Hebron
* 30,000 Attend Hebron Passover
Festival, Celebrate 50th Anniversary
* PHOTO ESSAY: The Return to
Hebron – Passover 1968
United States contact info:
http://www.hebronfund.org
1760 Ocean Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11230
718-677-6886
info@hebronfund.org
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/hebronofficial
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/hebronvideo
Israeli contact info:
http://en.hebron.org.il/
02-996-5333
office@hebron.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hebron.machpela
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/hebronvideo
RELATED ARTICLES:
* VIDEO: Thousands Celebrate
Passover in Hebron
* 30,000 Attend Hebron Passover
Festival, Celebrate 50th Anniversary
* PHOTO ESSAY: The Return to
Hebron – Passover 1968