Every parcel of real estate is viewed as unique, one of a kind. The special characteristics of real estate may explain why conveying title from person to another is highly formalized that even in a secular society it approaches religious ritual. The rule is that land cannot ever be really stolen as it always remains in place. Therefore, to give up one’s claim to land out of despair is a subject to debate. Consequently, the transfer of real estate requires atmosphere of the parties’ agreement…

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The Sidra opens on Avraham Avinu A’H coming to bury Sara. Ever since the city of Hevron has occupied an important place in the Jewish consciousness throughout time.

Aside from being the burial place of Adam & Chava, Avraham & Sara, their son Yitzchak & Rivka and their child Ya’akov & Leah. Hevron was the first seat of the Davidic dynasty (II Shmuel 2:2). Throughout the exile till the 20th Century Hevron stood alongside Jerusalem, Teveria and Zafat as centers of Jewish life… Continue