Yossi: Wow, Yoeli,we made it from Teveria, to Meron, to Yerushalayim, to Chevron!
Yoeli: Yup and in a way, its where it all began! Avraham Avinu lived around here for many years, sitting in the plains of Mamre, just next to Chevron!
Yoeli: And before the Bnei Yisrael returned to Eretz Yisrael, and we all lived here, Avraham bought a piece of land here, that belongs to Klall Yisrael-Yisrael, and we all lived here, Avraham bought a piece of land here, that belongs to Klall Yisrael.
Yossi: Good point Yoeli! But way before that, Avraham Avinu even ran here, while trying to shecht the cow for the malachim!
Yoeli: But isnt there supposed to be a cave? I see a big building…
Yossi: My Zaide told me in the name of the Kaftor Vaferach that this building was built by Shlomo Hamelech using stones from the Har Habayis! King Herod, during the second Beis Hamikdash, added stones to it.
Yoeli: So the cave is under this building?
Yossi: Yes! And when Avraham ran here, he realized this was the entrance to Gan Eden!
Yoeli: Wait a minute… I thought the Har Habayis was the entrance to Gan Eden!
Yossi: Ahhhh….. My Zaide told me in the name of Rav Moshe Wolfson ztzl that there really are two entrances!
Yoeli: Two?! Like a front door and a back door?
Yossi: Exactly Yoeli! The cave is underground. Sometimes a Yid feels sad, and he needs to “sneak” his tefillos through the underground door. Those Tefillos he says, come through Chevron!
Yoeli: Wow. And of course it helps to daven in the zchus of our holy Avos and Imahos – the parents of every Yid whoever lived, ever! Lets go in – can you imagine saying “Elokai Avraham, Elokai Yitzchok, V’Elokai Yaakov,” as we stand only feet away from them?!
This article was found in Nekuda Tova Issue 57.