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Ezrat Torah

Neighbourhood in Jerusalem

Ezrat Torah

Neighbourhood in Jerusalem

Ezrat Torah park

Ezrat Torah (, in Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: Ezras Torah) is a Haredi neighborhood in northern Jerusalem. It is bordered by Kiryat Sanz on the west, Golda Meir Blvd. on the north and east, and Shikun Chabad and Tel Arza on the south.

History

Founded around 1970, Ezrat Torah is named for the Ezras Torah Fund, a Jewish American charitable organization.

Notable people

Rabbi Yechiel Michel Stern, an author who is considered an expert on the halakhot of the Four Species, has served as the Rav of Ezrat Torah since the 1970s. The Kapishnitzer Rebbe, Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Palintenstein, brought his Hasidut there in 1975. Other rabbis who live there include: Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch, Rabbi of the Western Wall and the Holy Sites of Israel Rabbi Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss, Gaavad of the Edah HaChareidis.

References

References

  1. "Ezrat Torah". Eiferman Realty.
  2. "Jerusalem Municipality street name information". Jerusalem Municipality.
  3. Eisenberg, Ronald L.. (2006). "The streets of Jerusalem: who, what, why". Devora Publishing.
  4. Ettinger, Yair. (19 September 2010). "The Species Master: Rabbi Yechiel Stern is considered the supreme authority in his Jerusalem neighborhood and beyond on everything related to the Four Species of Sukkot". [[Haaretz]].
  5. Shulman, Eliezer. (2 February 2011). "A Kindness Repaid: How Rav Yechiel Michel Stern's forgotten deed saved his life". [[Mishpacha]].
  6. Rossoff, Dovid. (2004). "Where Heaven Touches Earth: Jewish life in Jerusalem from Medieval times to the present". Guardian Press.
  7. "Israguide 2006". Heimishkeit Eru'im Vanofesh Ltd..
  8. Israguide 2006, p. 194
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