
 
 
Tens of  thousands of visitors expected in the Jewish community of Hevron this Sabbath  will be walking on streets cleaned up by children in preparations for the annual  Torah reading that recounts the forefather Abraham’s purchase of the Patriarchs’  Cave for the burial of his wife, Sarah. The Torah reading is called “The Life of  Sarah," named after the first two significant words of the portion that is read  by Jews around the world.
Students of yeshiva high schools for boys and  for girls in Kiryat Arba, adjacent to Hevron, led the clean-up campaign that  included the “Worshippers’ Path” from Kiryat Arba, adjacent to Hevron, to the  entranceway to the Patriarch’s Cave. The path passes Arab houses, whose  residents routinely throw trash and garbage on the passageway but are pleased  with the clean-up.
The forefathers of Abraham, Isaac (Yitzchak) and Jacob  (Yaakov) are buried at the Cave, along with their wives, except for Rachel, who  died when she gave birth to Benjamin (Binyamin) at Bethlehem and was buried  there.
Known as the Sabbath of The Life of Sarah (Chayey Sarah in  Hebrew), it attracts large crowds every year from all over Israel. The IDF and  police tighten up security on the main roads to Hevron as well as in the city  itself.






