Joshua, of the tribe of Ephraim, died, like his ancestor Joseph, at the age of 110.
The IDF will secure the area between Ariel and the gravesites, which are located just north of the Ariel Junction in the Shomron. Visitors will be able to walk, drive or travel by bus to the holy site from the Ariel Junction any time between 11PM Sunday night and 5:30 the next morning. An early-morning Shacharit prayer service will be held at the gravesite at 5:45.
Yehuda Libman, of the Od Yosef Chai yeshiva formerly in Shechem, told Arutz-7, "We used to have some 5,000 people coming, but of late, because of the security problems, the numbers have dropped. We still expect well over 2,000 this time."
The event will be organized by the Holy Sites Department.
Joshua was the successor to Moses as leader of the People of Israel, and the man who brought them into the Land of Israel. Previously, he and Kalev Ben Yefuneh were the only ones of the 12 scouts sent by Moses to bring back an encouraging report of the Land of Israel. In this merit, the site of their graves is also open to the public in the summer time, on the Thursday night before the reading of the weekly Torah portion "Shlah" [Numbers 13-15], which recounts the story of the scouts.
The site is also open to the public on the Tenth of Tevet, when memorial prayers are said for those - such as Kalev Ben Yefuneh - whose date of death is unknown, and on the Seventh of Adar, when Moses died.
Asked if there are plans to visit Joseph's Tomb in Shechem, Libman said, "We last were allowed to visit last summer, on Joseph's date of death. We hope that something can be arranged for several weeks from now, on the Yesod sheb'Yesod day of the Omer counting, but nothing is final yet." Jews are guaranteed access to Joseph's Tomb by the Oslo Accords, but the Palestinian Authority has not fulfilled this clause. Arab vandals destroyed the holy site after they drove the IDF out in the autumn of 2000.
The IDF will secure the area between Ariel and the gravesites, which are located just north of the Ariel Junction in the Shomron. Visitors will be able to walk, drive or travel by bus to the holy site from the Ariel Junction any time between 11PM Sunday night and 5:30 the next morning. An early-morning Shacharit prayer service will be held at the gravesite at 5:45.
Yehuda Libman, of the Od Yosef Chai yeshiva formerly in Shechem, told Arutz-7, "We used to have some 5,000 people coming, but of late, because of the security problems, the numbers have dropped. We still expect well over 2,000 this time."
The event will be organized by the Holy Sites Department.
Joshua was the successor to Moses as leader of the People of Israel, and the man who brought them into the Land of Israel. Previously, he and Kalev Ben Yefuneh were the only ones of the 12 scouts sent by Moses to bring back an encouraging report of the Land of Israel. In this merit, the site of their graves is also open to the public in the summer time, on the Thursday night before the reading of the weekly Torah portion "Shlah" [Numbers 13-15], which recounts the story of the scouts.
The site is also open to the public on the Tenth of Tevet, when memorial prayers are said for those - such as Kalev Ben Yefuneh - whose date of death is unknown, and on the Seventh of Adar, when Moses died.
Asked if there are plans to visit Joseph's Tomb in Shechem, Libman said, "We last were allowed to visit last summer, on Joseph's date of death. We hope that something can be arranged for several weeks from now, on the Yesod sheb'Yesod day of the Omer counting, but nothing is final yet." Jews are guaranteed access to Joseph's Tomb by the Oslo Accords, but the Palestinian Authority has not fulfilled this clause. Arab vandals destroyed the holy site after they drove the IDF out in the autumn of 2000.