Monday, July 19, 2021




Arab media reports that IDF soldiers protected Jews who visited the cave gravesite of Otniel ben Kenaz in Hebron.

Otniel was the first Biblical judge after Joshua's death. Jews are allowed to visit only a few times a year, and one of those days is Tisha B'Av.

The Jerusalem Post reported on one such pilgrimage in 2019.

One 19th century visitor to the tomb was Israel Joseph Benjamin, a Jew who traveled the world in search of the ten lost tribes of Israel. His book looks really interesting, and I hope to have more posts about it, but he mentions the gravesite:

Likewise outside the city (of Hebron) towards the south in a vineyard, which was purchased by the Jews, are the graves of the father of King David and of the first Judge, Othnieli the son of Kinah (sic.)
Benjamin, whose pen-name is based on famed Jewish explorer Benjamin of Tudela, also mentions the tomb of Abner, also in Hebron, which can only be visited by Jews for ten days a year.








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