ELON MOREH- ROOTS IN SHECHEM

THE CITY OF SHECHEM

sits in the narrow passage

between Mt. Grizim and Mt. Eval

THE BIBLICAL TELL

was not settled

when the Patriarch Avraham built his first Altar here

THE EASTERN GATE

was already standing

when Yaakov and his family arrived

A PORTION OF THE FIELD

that Yaakov bought-

one of three places in Eretz Yisroel

that were purchased with money.

in the end became the burial place of Joseph

THE PLACE OF THE ARK OF THE COVENANT

Joshua fulfilled the Mitzvah of "blessings and curses" at Shechem on his first day in Israel.

When he renewed the Covenant in Shechem in his last days-

he raised up a "great stone" on the site.

SHECHEM ON A MAP FROM THE TIME OF THE MISHNA

even after the Romans destroyed the city and built in its place "Neapolis"

Joseph's Tomb remained

as a goal for Jewish worshippers

THE CITY OF NABLUS

even after the Arab conquest changed "Neapolis" to "Nablus"

they didn't succeed in separating Am Yisroel from our roots in Shechem.

KEVER YOSEPH
[Joseph's Tomb]
TODAY

continues to draw visitors,
Torah scholars and worshippers

despite all the difficulties
that have been put in their way

We shall return!

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ELON MOREH - Shechem

Renewal of the Jewish Settlement in Shomron