Joseph Frager: Jewish Souls who leave this world must first go through the Mearat Hamachpelah-the Doorway to Gan Eden; [j]ust as Jewish Souls who leave this earth go through the Mearrat Hamachpelah [||double||] so do our prayers [The Souls of our loved ones, who have perished from this Earth, live in a ||parallel universe|| in Gan Eden]… [t]hus, it is a ||doubled|| cave - not only because it has an upper and lower chamber, in this world ~ but corresponds to the ||parallel universe|| of Gan Eden:
