Questions and Answers

Q: How does one know that this tomb is Deborah's if it is unmarked?
A: Rav Israel Meir Gabai Shlita has ORIGINAL documents from the ARIZAL of the exact location of KEVER DEVORAH HANEVIA, a'h.

Rav Israel Meir Gabai Shlita contacted Rav Israel Herzberg and together, they arranged all the Ministers of the Mo'etzot as well as

Israel Antiquities Authority of the Galil and Golan;
Archeology of Merchav Tzafon;
Prinicipal Machoz Tzafon, RT'G;
Archeology RT'G; and
Supervisor of Antiquities of the Galil

to go to Tel Kadesh to examine the area and make a final decision if they will allow us to build the Tzion for Devorah HaNevia, a'h.

Both HaRav Israel Herzberg Shlita and HaRav Israel Meir Gabai Shlita confirm that this is the burial spot of Kever Devorah HaNevia, a'h. The following is an email confirming the spot:

אכן זהו הקבר
אך זה מבנה ענק שצריך לבנותו זוהי אחת האבנים מהמבנה הגדול

This is the Kever. However, it is a tremendeous structure that needs to be built. This is one of the rocks from the large structure."

Sources:

Rabbi Menachem Perez HaChevroni, zs'l:
"I went to to Tel Kadesh in the Galil and I saw Kever Devorah HaNevia, and she is buried in the Galil"

Rabbi Yitzchak Chilo, zs'l:
"Kadesh is Kadesh Naftali as is written in the book of Judges 4. Very few Jews lived there, only to upkeep the graves of the Jews and welcome guest coming to pray. In the graves are buried Barak ben Avinoam and his wife, Devorah HaNevia"

Sefer, Igeret Yechus Avos:
"The city of Kadesh is Kadesh Naftali, the burial ground of Barak ben Avinoam and his wife, Devorah HaNevia"

Sefer, Yichus HaTzaddikim:
"In Kadesh are buried Barak ben Avinoam and Devorah"

Sefer, Igrat Yachasuta:
"Kadesh is the location of the Bet Midrash of Yehoshua bin Nun and nearby, are Devorah and Barak ben Avinom"

Sefer, Igrat HaKodesh, Zichron Yerushalayim:
"Kadesh is the burial place of Devorah and Barak ".

Rav Moshe Yerushalmi, zs'l:
"In Kadesh, underneath the village are buried Devorah and Barak ben Avinoam and a large stone is placed on them"

Shavchei Yerushalayim:
"Kadesh is where Devorah and Barak are, and on top of them are large stones".

Tov Yerushalayim:
"Kadesh, in Arabic, Kadis, near לניאס, are the graves of Barak ben Avinoam and Devorah HaNevia... and on top them are etched large caves".

Near the wellspring and the antique synagogue, which was called "Midrash Yehoshua bin Nun", the Jewish mausoleum (structure of upper burials) (in the Gemara, it is referred to as "Nefesh") where Devorah HaNevia, Barak ben Avinoam, and Yael, a'h, were buried in alcove graves, was intact.

But during the Six Day War, since the city of Kadesh is situated at the border of Lebanon, the city of Kadesh was bombed and the structure of the mausoleum was destroyed. The stones appear to be intact but the walls and the roof of the mausoleum fell.

According to drawings we have from the 1900's, it is possible to reconstruct the mausoleum and save the Tzaddikim's graves that are buried there in disgrace.

This site was donated in honor of Devorah Haneviah