For the Yom HaHilula – Rabbeinu Moshe ben Nachman – the Ramban. 11 Nissan 5030

Where is the grave of the Ramban: Haifa, Hebron, Jerusalem, or perhaps Tiberias? • The revelation of our teacher, Rav Eliezer Berland shlit"a, regarding his burial place

About his grave

Pilgrims and traditions point to the grave of the Ramban in four locations in the Land of Israel: Haifa, Hebron, Jerusalem, and there is even a singular tradition that his grave is in Tiberias. Where is his true grave? This was revealed by our teacher, Rav Eliezer Berland shlit"a, about a decade ago...

On the location of his grave

During his lifetime, the Ramban sent a letter to his family abroad, in which he wrote that he was going to the Holy City of Hebron to hew a grave for himself there. Subsequently, various travelers mention his grave in the 'Holy City of Hebron, may it be rebuilt and established, leaning against the outer steps of the building of the Cave of the Patriarchs.'

In contrast, his student writes, about 30 years after his passing, that he saw his grave in Haifa at the foot of Mount Carmel. And many travelers followed him in noting this.

[caption id="attachment_50486" align="alignnone" width="300"] The entrance to the Cave of the Baalei HaTosafot and the grave of the Ramban, Haifa, Israel[/caption]

Some point to his grave in Jerusalem, in the Mount of Olives cemetery, in proximity to the cave of Rabbi Ovadia of Bartenura. And as mentioned, there is a singular tradition that 'in Tiberias, the Rambam and the Ramban are buried.'

The revelation of our teacher, Rav Eliezer Berland shlit"a

During the time our teacher, Rav Berland shlit"a, was in the city of Beitar, he would travel from time to time, together with his flock, to prostrate himself at the graves of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs in the Cave of the Patriarchs in the city of Hebron. Upon arriving one night, our teacher, the Rav shlit"a, stopped by the burial place of the Ramban adjacent to the seventh step in the Cave of the Patriarchs, and said that this is the place of the Ramban's burial.

[caption id="attachment_50490" align="alignnone" width="300"] The grave of the Ramban, Hebron, Israel[/caption]