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Sha'arei Hesed (also Sha'arei Chessed) (Template:Lang-he, lit. Gates of Loving-kindness) is a neighborhood in central Jerusalem, bordering Rehavia, Nahlaot and Kiryat Wolfson.

History

One of the founders of the neighborhood was Yoel Moshe Salomon, who also founded Nahalat Shiva. The cornerstone was laid by the Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Jerusalem, Rabbi Shmuel Salant, in 1909. Rabbi Salant and Rabbi Naftali Porush established a building fund with donations from abroad to build small apartments for religious Jews in Jerusalem. The first 114 houses were built on long, narrow plots of land with a small yard in front or back.

Today

In recent years, Sha'arei Hesed has become a modern Haredi neighborhood, as old-time Jerusalemites move out. The area is undergoing gentrification, and many homes have been purchased by affluent Orthodox Jewish families from abroad, especially from English-speaking countries. The neighborhood has several yeshivas, among them Maalos Hatorah, Midrash Shmuel and Noam HaTalmud, along with a large number of synagogues.

Notable residents

• Shlomo Zalman Auerbach
• Shmuel Auerbach
• Sholom Schwadron
• Dov Berish Weidenfeld (Tchebiner Rav)

References

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1. Between Redemption and Revival: The Jewish Yishuv of Jerusalem in the Nineteenth Century Jeff Halper, Westview Press, Boulder, San Francisco, Oxford, 1991, p. 220
2. Finding the Right Community
3. A rising star, Jerusalem Post
4. http://www.welcome-home.co.il/eng/info/Neighborhoods.asp
5. Jewish Spirit Journal, Torah teachings

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