[Avodah] Bereshit 23: 6-16

[Zev Sero]

T613K at aol.com wrote:
> If there is any spot in E'Y that absolutely totally and 
> forever BELONGS TO US it is Me'aras Hamachpela, the resting place of our 
> Fathers and Mothers.  May G-d curse the nations who try to take it from
> us, the bloody thieves.

Actually Chazal tell us there are three locations to which the nations
of the world can't possibly contest our title, because we paid cash for
them: Me'aras Hamachpela, Kever Yosef, and Har Habayis.  About the rest
of EY the nations can say "listim atem", but not about these three sites.
It's ironic, therefore, that today those are the three most contentious
sites, that the nations most strenuously insist are not ours.

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