 It receives numerous visitors every year, especially on the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, when the Book of Ruth is read.Haim Horwitz in his 1835 book on Israeli holy sites "Love of Jerusalem" discusses the oral tradition that the tomb houses the grave of Ruth as well as that of Jesse, who is mentioned in earlier writings.Menachem Mendel of Kamenitz wrote in 1839, "Also in the vineyard was a shelter with 2 graves