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IDF forces prevented an attempt by several groups of Israelis to reach Joseph's Tomb from several different entrances to the ...

At such a sacred site in the old Biblical city of Shechem in Jordan an altar and a sacred oak existed, according to a tradition preserved orally by the Hebrew people for some 1000 years before the ...

In Parshat Vayishlach, after Yaakov separates from Esav we read (Breisheet 33:18-20): Yaakov arrived safely at the city of Shechem, which is in the Land of C’naan, when he came from Padan Aram.

Excavations have been started at the site of the Biblical city of Shechem, first residence of the rulers of the northern Israelite’ Kingdom and first mentioned in the Bible in connection with ...

“They came upon the city confidently, killing every male; they killed Hamor and his son Shechem by the sword, they took Dinah from Shechem’s house, and they left” (vs. 25-26).

A group of five Israeli men who entered the city of Shechem (Nablus), which is under the control of the Palestinian Authority, to pray at Kever Yosef (Joseph’s Tomb) on Monday night were ...

In this week’s parshah we read of the incident involving Dinah and Shechem, the son of Chamor, the nasi of the city of Shechem. Upon learning that Dinah was abducted by Shechem, Shimon and Levi ...

At such a sacred site in the old Biblical city of Shechem in Jordan an altar and a sacred oak existed, according to a tradition preserved orally by the Hebrew people for some 1000 years before the ...