The pilgrimage to Hebron marks the weekly Torah portion Chayei Sarah, in which the Biblical patriarch Abraham buys the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron in order to bury his dead wife Sarah.
Our Bible remembers some characters more positively than others. The patriarchs; Abraham, Jacob and Isaac, along with Joseph and Moses, have a more favorable association, while others have ...
The best known ancient bristlecone pine groves in the White Mountains lie at about 10,000 feet, but the Patriarch Grove is higher still, at over 11,000 feet. The ground between the trees in the ...