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Beit David

Fourth Jewish neighborhood outside the walls of Jerusalem

Field	Value
name	Beit David
native_name	בית דוד
native_name_lang	he
settlement_type	Neighborhood
image_skyline	Beit david 04.jpg
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Jerusalem
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Israel
subdivision_type1	City
subdivision_name1	West Jerusalem
established_title	Established
established_date	1873

**Beit David ** was the fourth Jewish neighborhood outside the walls of Jerusalem. This courtyard neighborhood was established in 1873.

History

Beit David was founded as an almshouse for Jews on a plot of land donated by a kollel. It was named for the philanthropist, David Reis. The name also alludes to the historical House of David and to the book known as Beit David, a treatise on Jewish law written by Joseph Ben David in the 18th century. Because Beit David was far from the kollel's center in the Old City, it contained a synagogue and 10 apartments to ensure the existence of a minyan.

The residence of Abraham Isaac Kook, Israel's first Askenanzic chief rabbi was on the second floor of the building, added in 1922. The Rabbi Kook House is now a museum of the life of Rabbi Kook. The Museum of Psalms, located on the ground floor for many years, featured the paintings of Moshe Tzvi HaLevi Berger, a Kabbalist and painter. Berger was evicted in 2014 to make room for a yeshiva

References

Buzzy Gordon ''Frommer's Jerusalem Day by Day'' John Wiley & Sons, Oct 11, 2010 [https://books.google.com/books?id=0pBxMjxW9sMC&pg=PT50 Google Books]
Zvi Shilony. (1993). "Ashkenazi Jewish Almshouses in Jerusalem". Journal of Cultural Geography.
Eisenberg, Ronald L. ''The Streets of Jerusalem: Who, What, Why.'' Jerusalem: Devora, 2006. {{ISBN
[https://www.haaretz.com/news/features/peeking-through-the-highrises-famed-jerusalem-street-s-old-architectural-glories.premium-1.461294 Peeking through the highrises: famed Jerusalem street's old architectural glories], [[Haaretz]]
[http://www.museumofpsalms.com/ Museum of Psalms]

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