Adapted by Channie Koplowitz Stein
When Sarah Imenu dies at the beginning of Parshat Chayei Sarah, Avraham Avinu knows the place that would be the most dignified and honorable final resting place for his beloved wife, Meorat Hamachpelah/the Double cave belonging to Ephron the Hittite in the Land of Heth facing Hebron. The Torah goes into great detail describing not only the exact location, but especially the negotiations between Avraham and Ephron in front of all the Hittites for the purchase of the surrounding fields and trees as well as the cave itself. Besides the exorbitant price Avraham pays for the plot even though it was originally offered as a gift, the Torah records that the cave and the land and surrounding trees was confirmed/vayokom as Avraham’s purchase and then again, after Sara’s burial, once again vayokom/ confirms the estate as a burial site from the children of Heth.
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