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Tens of Thousands Flock to Hebron for Passover


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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הצטרפו אלינו שידור חי – חוגגים פסח בחברון​ – המשך שמחת חג המונית בהשתתפות מיטב
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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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עוצמות של שמחה! כעת באולם יצחק במערת המכפלה, אלפים בתפילת הלל עם הרב שמואל
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.”


 


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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

 

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