How Many Times Is Hebron Mentioned in the Torah (Bible)?

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How Many Times Is Hebron Mentioned in the Torah? Scripture · Geography · Study חֶבְרוֹן How Many Times Is Hebron Mentioned in the Torah? Tracing every appearance of one of the oldest cities in the Bible — verse by verse, in Hebrew and English, with the story behind each mention. Few places carry as much … Read more

How Many People Live in Hebron?

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A City Built on Ancestral Fulfillments Hebron has roughly 200,000 to 220,000 Palestinian residents, the vast majority of whom are Sunni Muslims. Estimates typically put the Muslim population at well over 99% of the city’s Palestinian population. The Jewish population living inside Hebron itself is approximately 700 to 850 residents, concentrated in several Jewish neighborhoods … Read more

Beha’alotcha 2026

Caves of Machpelah

בס”ד By Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, HebronPainting by: Baruch Nachshon z”l Parshat Beha’alotcha: The Face-Partzuf as the Inner Connection Between Separate Identities Last week we discussed a type of Torah analysis in which a parsha’s structural blueprint is found by linking its beginning (Rishah) and end (Sifah). In Parshat Beha’alotcha, this connection centers … Read more

Shavuot 2026

Caves of Machpelah

בס”ד By Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, HebronPainting by: Baruch Nachshon z”l The Principle of “Head and Foot”: Uncovering Core Themes of Torah  The Methodology: The Common Element as a Thematic Key During the night of Shavuot, it is a holy custom to read the first three and last three verses of every book … Read more

Bamidbar 2026

Caves of Machpelah

בס”ד By Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, HebronPainting by: Baruch Nachshon z”l The Spiritual Secret of the Census Numbers The census of the Tribes of Israel in this parsha is not a mere statistical record but a map of the Divine light as it is measured and restricted into the world of action. Each … Read more

Bahar-Behukotai 2026

Caves of Machpelah

בס”ד By Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, HebronPainting by: Baruch Nachshon z”l Following the profound analysis of the Or HaHaim HaKadosh’s commentary on the first verse of Parashat Behukotai through 42 commentaries, let us weave these insights into the mystical 42-letter Name of God. The Or HaHaim provides 42 distinct explanations for the verse … Read more

Emor 2026

Caves of Machpelah

בס”ד By Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, HebronPainting by: Baruch Nachshon z”l Parshat Emor – The Sanctity of Connection Parshat Emor delves into the laws of sanctity, particularly regarding the Kohanim and the consumption of truma (holy tithes). These laws are not merely technical regulations but reveal profound spiritual principles about the nature of … Read more

Acharie Mot-Kedoshim 2026

Caves of Machpelah

בס”ד By Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, HebronPainting by: Baruch Nachshon z”l The Numerical Blueprint of Justice: 26 Verses In the last “open” section (Parsha Petucha) of parshat Kedoshim – Vayikra chapter 20, there are exactly 26 verses. As is well known, 26 is the numerical value (Gematria) of the Tetragrammaton, the four-letter Name … Read more

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