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Show The Ike in lliilth .tliraUaui Wa Ko ru. Nut far frooiAlepiu is situated tlie little ton n of Orfiiu (the ancient Ur of the CliaWees), which is oj t;n-at historical interest, it having been the birthplace cf the I"atrarvli Abrahuni. There are few Jews in the place, but the Ar..l still Jjli)t out a 'null building, bing outside the town, nhieli they dielaie lo lie the hoii'o wherein Abraliam ll.-.-t saw thelrehl,andwh!ih they therefore there-fore term llelt ICl-Cbaltl (the luixe of the friend of Bod). It is most im roloble that the aetual limine should lis e stood for thousands of years, but there is no I'oubt that Die building In question is of great antiquity. an-tiquity. ISy its present owner, an Arab Miit, as well as the Arabs generally, it Is held in utmost veneration, ven-eration, the mere so since it is A-and tliat n ithin a few years It will fail to the ground a victim of natural decay. St. I.tuitHtpuUta. |