In honor of Parshas Chayei Sarah and in line with the annual minhag, an estimated 35,000 guests spent this past Shabbos in Hebron, with the Hebron Jewish community.

IDF soldiers from the Yehuda Brigade along with border police, Israel Police, and the ISA (Shin Bet) provided security and B’chasdei Hashem, the Shabbos passed without unwanted incidents.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu tweeted, “Hebron is a tangible expression of the ability of the eternal people not to be afraid of a long road”.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem/Photos: Media Resource Group)