\u05ea\u05e4\u05d9\u05dc\u05ea \u05e9\u05d7\u05e8\u05d9\u05ea \u05d1\u05e7\u05d1\u05e8 \u05d9\u05d5\u05e1\u05e3\u05e6\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd: \u05d1\u05d0\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05de\u05e6\u05dc\u05dd<\/p>\n
For the first time in 25 years, the Shacharit morning prayer was held on Thursday at Joseph\u2019s Tomb in Shechem.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of worshippers entered the compound overnight as part of the regular monthly visits organized by the Samaria Regional Council, with assistance from volunteers from the Joseph\u2019s Tomb and Holy Sites Administration of the council, and with the approval and escort of the IDF.<\/p>\n
Until now, visits to the site had taken place exclusively at night, with worshippers required to leave by 4:00 a.m. Under the new arrangement, participants are now permitted to remain until 8:00 a.m. in order to pray Shacharit at the site. Additional worshippers may enter at 6:00 a.m. and stay for up to two hours.<\/p>\n
The updated framework was reached through an agreement involving Defense Minister Israel Katz (Likud), MK Tzvi Succot (Religious Zionism), and the IDF.<\/p>\n
MK Succot welcomed the decision, calling it \u201ca dramatic step and the beginning of a full return to Joseph\u2019s Tomb.” He said the ability to enter the site and pray in daylight marks \u201can important and historic rectification,” adding that efforts will continue toward what he described as the restoration of a full Jewish presence at the site.<\/p>\n
Samaria governor Yossi Dagan described the event as \u201ca morning of historic rectification,” saying that after years of nighttime visits, worshippers were now returning \u201cin full daylight.” He characterized the move as a significant step toward establishing a permanent presence at Joseph\u2019s Tomb.<\/p>\n
At the conclusion of the prayer, Rabbi Yosef Elitzur expressed hope that the visits would eventually become permanent, allowing worshippers to remain at the site throughout the day and return to what he called \u201cthe first Hebrew city – Shechem.”<\/p>\n
Rabbi David Davidkovitch linked the occasion to the weekly Torah portion, noting the tradition of Joseph\u2019s burial in the Land of Israel and offering prayers for redemption and national restoration.<\/p>\n
Yehoshua Gelbard, CEO of Yeshivat Ro\u2019eh Yisrael, said yeshiva students have long taken part in organizing visits to Joseph\u2019s Tomb and conducting Torah study during the entries. He added that they look forward to the day when access to the site will be unrestricted and open to the wider public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u05ea\u05e4\u05d9\u05dc\u05ea \u05e9\u05d7\u05e8\u05d9\u05ea \u05d1\u05e7\u05d1\u05e8 \u05d9\u05d5\u05e1\u05e3\u05e6\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd: \u05d1\u05d0\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05de\u05e6\u05dc\u05dd For the first time in 25 years, the Shacharit morning prayer was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,138151,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-263245","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-joseph","11":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}