Some 2,000 Jews prayed at Kever Yosef Wednesday
Samaria Regional Council
For the first time in eleven years, there is now a mezuzah at the Tomb of Joseph in Shechem, courtesy of Transport Minister Yisrael Katz
For the first time in eleven years, there is now a mezuzah at the Tomb of Joseph in Shechem, courtesy of Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz, who put it up Wednesday night. Katz was one of thousands of people who visited the site, accompanied by IDF troops. The last mezuzah at the site was torn down in 2000, when marauding Arabs torched the Tomb building.
Assisting Katz was Samaria (Shomron) Regional Council head Gershon Mesika, and among the 2,000-plus people who attended the event were IDF Chief Rabbi Rafi Peretz. The entry to the Tomb was arranged by the Shechem Echad organization and the Samaria Regional Council.
Katz is one of the most senior government officials to visit the Tomb in recent years. Last year, nine government officials and ten Knesset members visited the site in a special daytime visit. Nearly all the entries of Jews into the site over the past few years have been late at night. The site has been completely refurbished in recent years, and the mezuzah affixing Wednesday night represented a completion of the current round of refurbishing. Read the rest on: Arutz7
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