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Yitzchok And Yishmael Bury Avraham
In Mearas Hamachpela
The shevatim bury Yaakov
In Mearas Hamachpela
Esav and Yaakov bury Yitzchok
Without mention of Mearas Hamachpela
Adam and Chava are buried there too
With no mention of their burial
Or Mearas Hamachpela
Moshe Rabenu is connected
To Mearas Hamachpela
And hinted to numerous times in the Chumash
Why do the Arabs try to limit access to Yitzchok?
Why is Mearas Hamachpela visited so infrequently?
Why is Esav’s head there?
Why is יוד הה וו הה called Mearas Hamachpela?
Shabbos Shalom

Yitzchok Went To Daven Mincha
In Chevron
He meets Rivka
And brings her to Sarah’s tent
In Chevron
That’s the Zohar’s approach
And the Gemara disagrees
Mincha was on Har HaBayis
Yitzchok met Rivka in Yerushalayim
Then took her to Sarah’s tent
ויבאה = ויאהבה
In Chevron
יצחק = נחמו נחמו
Yitzchok was consoled
בתוך שאר אבלי ציון
Consoled in Yerushalayim
וינחם יצחק אחרי אמו = בירושלם
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