RAV KOOK ON PARSHAS CHAYEI SARA

(PLEASE LEARN THIS L"N FOR BENTZION BEN CHAIM BER AND THE REST OF THE MUMBAI KEDOSHIM ON THEIR YORTZEIT) Translated and abridged by Rabbi Chanan Morrison Parshat Chayei Sara According to tradition, Sarah was not the first person to be buried in the Machpelah cave in Hebron. Already buried there were Adam and Eve. Subsequently three more couples joined them: Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob and Leah. Why was this burial cave called Machpelah?