[Avodah] Bereshit 23: 6-16

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R' Zev Sero 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.

Not ironic at all, as I see it.

Paying cash doesn't help, if one doesn't get a receipt.

Even having a receipt doesn't help, if one fails to show that receipt to the merchant.

These sites will continue to be contentious until and unless we show them our receipt. Specifically, we need to cite *these* *psukim* in relevant sutations, and not make vague references to our historical connection, and such.

Akiva Miller

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