{"id":5579,"date":"2026-01-02T08:49:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T08:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/?p=5579"},"modified":"2026-01-02T08:49:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T08:49:41","slug":"tomb-of-joseph-shechem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/en\/2026\/01\/02\/tomb-of-joseph-shechem\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomb of Joseph, Shechem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-4-1024x213.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-4-1024x213.png 1024w, https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-4-300x62.png 300w, https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-4-768x159.png 768w, https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-4-1536x319.png 1536w, https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-4.png 1614w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Vayechi (\u05d5\u05d9\u05d7\u05d9 \u2013 And he lived)<\/strong><br><strong><sup>Genesis 47:28 \u2013 50:26 \u2022 I Kings 2:1\u201312<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The parashah recounts Jacob\u2019s final days in Egypt: he blesses Ephraim and Manasseh, delivers his last words to his sons, and asks to be buried in Hebron. After his death, Joseph arranges his transfer to the Cave of Machpelah. Then Joseph makes the children of Israel swear to carry his bones to the Land of Israel before he dies.<br>The haftarah reports King David\u2019s last instructions to his son Solomon before his death, emphasizing the transmission of wisdom and the continuity of kingship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Genesis 50:25<br>\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b7\u05bc\u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05d1\u05b7\u05bc\u05e2 \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05e1\u05b5\u05e3, \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05c2\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc \u05dc\u05b5\u05d0\u05de\u05b9\u05e8:<br>\u05e4\u05b8\u05bc\u05e7\u05b9\u05d3 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e4\u05b0\u05e7\u05b9\u05d3 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05e7\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05b0\u05db\u05b6\u05dd, \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05dc\u05b4\u05ea\u05b6\u05dd \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05e2\u05b7\u05e6\u05b0\u05de\u05b9\u05ea\u05b7\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05d6\u05b6\u05bc\u05d4.<\/strong><br><em>Joseph made the children of Israel swear:<br>God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This oath will be fulfilled centuries later, when Joseph\u2019s bones are laid to rest in Shechem, at the entrance to the valley between Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The current structure of the tomb\u2014a small room topped by a dome\u2014dates from the 19th century. Israel took control of the site in 1967, then, after the Oslo Accords, it came under Palestinian authority. In 2000, at the start of the Second Intifada, the tomb was set on fire. Restored in 2009\u20132010, it remained accessible only at night under heavy protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since December 29, 2025, a historic decision has allowed daytime visits, up to 8:00 a.m. for the Shacharit prayer, marking a turning point after twenty-five years of nighttime restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vayechi (\u05d5\u05d9\u05d7\u05d9 \u2013 And he lived)Genesis 47:28 \u2013 50:26 \u2022 I Kings 2:1\u201312 The parashah recounts Jacob\u2019s final days in Egypt: he blesses Ephraim and Manasseh, delivers his last words to his sons, and asks to be buried in Hebron. After his death, Joseph arranges his transfer to the Cave of Machpelah. Then Joseph makes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/en\/2026\/01\/02\/tomb-of-joseph-shechem\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continuer la lecture de <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tomb of Joseph, Shechem<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2677],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5579"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5580,"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5579\/revisions\/5580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}