History of Hebron - TimeLine (text)The Jewish Community of Hebron
February 03, 2006
Dateline of Hebron History
1735 BCE – Abraham comes to Canaan and settles in Hebron.
1675 BCE – Abraham purchases the cave.
1250 BCE – Joshua leads Tribes of Israel. Caleb occupies Hebron.
1007 BCE – David is anointed king at Hebron.
587 BCE – 1st Temple destroyed, Edomites settle Hebron area.
445 BCE – Return to Zion.
164 BCE – Hasmonean Revolt. Judah Macabee conquers Hebron.
30 BCE – Construction of enormous edifice over Machpela Cave.
70 CE - 2nd Temple, Jerusalem, Hebron destroyed.
132 - Bar Kochba Revolt. Hebron in center of revolt area.
330 - Byzantine Conquest. Church built over Ma'ara.
4th – 6th cent – Jews continue to pray at Ma'ara and Elonei Mamre.
638 - Islamic Conquest Mosque built in the Ma'ara.
Jews still pray in Ma'ara synagogue.
10th century – Arabs build "Yusufia" attached to Ma'ara.
1100 – Crusader Conquest, Hebron Jews banished. Church built in Ma'ara.
1171 - Visit by Benjamin Metudelah.
1166 - Rambam visits Hebron and prays at Ma'ara.
1260 - Mamaluk Conquest.
1267 - Jews banned from Ma'ara. Ramban visits Hebron "to acquire a burial site".
1489 - R' Ovadiah of Bartenura sojourns in Hebron.
1517 - Ottoman Conquest, Anti- Jewish riots.
1540 - R' Malkiel Ashkenazi buys land and builds the Jewish Quarter and the Avraham Avinu Synagogue.
1583 - Mystics from Safed, including the "Reishit Chochmah", R' Eliyahu Di Vidas move to Hebron.
1630 - Decrees against Hebron's Jews "The Purim Window Miracle".
1753 - The "Chidah", R' Chaim Yosef David Azulai goes to Europe as fund raiser on behalf of Hebron's Jews.
1811 - R' Chaim HaMizri buys the lands of Tel Hebron on behalf of Hebron's Jews.
1819 - Fourth Lubavitcher Rebbe calls on his followers to settle Hebron. Many do so.
1834 - Earthquake Ibrahim Pasha Conquest. Attacks on Jews.
1856 - R' Eliyahu Mani arrives from Baghdad and settles in Hebron.
1871 - Yisrael Avraham Romano builds Beit Romano, Istanbuli Synagogue.
1881 - The " Charif", R' Chaim Rachamim Yosef Franco, Chief Rabbinic Justice of Hebron.
1893 - Ground floor completed of the "Chessed LeAvraham" Health Clinic.
1901 - R' Chizkiya Medini, the "S'dei Chemed" moves to Hebron and is appointed city rabbi.
1909 - Yosef Avraham Shalom adds a floor on to the "Chessed LeAvraham" Clinic.
1912 - The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Shalom Ber Schneerson buys Beit Romano and founds Yeshivat "Torat Emet".
1914 – WW I. Community Weakened and impoverished.
1918 - British Conquest.
1925 – Community recovers Slobodka Yeshiva ("Knesset Yisrael") arrives.
1929 – 1929 Riots. Hebron Massacre,Jews banished, community destroyed.
1931 – Part of community returns.
1935 - Gerrer Rebbe visits Hebron, prays on 11th step.
1936 - Hebron Jews banished by British.
1948 – State of Israel, Hebron conquered by Jordan. Jewish Quarter and Cemetery destroyed.
Avraham Avinu Synagogue becomes trasheap and animal pen.
1967 – Hebron Liberated, R' Shlomo Goren waves Israeli Flag at Ma'ara.
1968 – Hebron settlers return. Pesach seder at Park Hotel. After five weeks they are moved to the Civil Administration Bldg, there they set up a community yeshiva and factories.
Oct. 1969 - Grenade thrown at Jews by the Ma'ara. Dozens wounded Vice Premier
Yigal Alon announces a Jewish city will soon be built near Hebron.
Sept. 1971 – Residents Move into Kiryat Arba.
1975 – Prof. Ben-Zion Tavger begins to uncover remains of Avraham Avinu Synagogue.
April 1979 – Women and children enter Beit Hadassah.
Jan. 1980 – Residents move into Ramat Mamre.
May 1980 – Six Jews Murdered at Beit Hadassah. Govt. decides to renew Hebron community.
1981 – Dedication of renewed Avraham Avinu Synagogue.
Aug. 1984 – Tel Hebron settled. New "Admot Yishai" (or "Tel Rumeida") neighborhood.
1986 – Families move into renewed Beit Hadassah.
1989 – New homes dedicated in the Jewish Quarter.
Sept. 1990 – Residents move into "Givat Ha'avot" neighborhood.
1994 – Hamas plans major terror attack in Hebron. Purim incident at Ma'ara.
1995 – Floors added to Beit Schneerson. Nachum Hoss and Yehuda Partush murdered at edge of Hebron.
Jan. 1997 – Israeli Gov't Abandons most of Hebron to P.A. Jews left surrounded by enemies, open to attack from hills.
Sept. 1998 – R' Shlomo Raanan Zt'l murdered in Admot Yishai.
1999 – "Beit Nachum Veyehuda" built in Avraham Avinu Neighborhood. Excavations uncover Tel Hebron treasures.
2000 – "Beit Hashisha" built.
2001 – "Oslo War". Arab terror rampant. Hebron Jews under constant fire. Shalhevet Pass shot from Abu Sneineh Hills.
2002 – Israeli Defense Forces retake hills surrounding Hebron, finally ending daily shooting attacks,
following the murder of five year old Danielle Shefi at Adura community.
2005 – Beit Menachem built and dedicated at Admot Ishai (Tel Rumeida) neighborhood
2007 – Hebron community concludes purchase of Beit HaShalom. Jewish families populate 4000 sq meter
building on road between Hebron and Kiryat Arba
2008 – Defense Minister Ehud Barak orders expulsion of Jews from Beit HaShalom after having lived there for twenty months.
2010 – Jewish community receives official statistics: 500,000 visit Ma'arat HaMachpela in 2009.
Less than half that number visit the Moslem side of the holy site.
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