[Avodah] Bereshit 23: 6-16

[Simon Montagu]

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Zev Sero <zev at sero.name> wrote:
> 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.

Apparently Chazal underestimated the ingenuity of the nations: rather
than contesting our title, they contest the identification of the
sites.