Ezrat Torah

Ezrat Torah park

Ezrat Torah (Hebrew: עזרת תורה, 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,^[1] Ezrat Torah is named for the Ezras Torah Fund, a Jewish American charitable organization.^[2][3]

Rabbinic presence

Rabbi Yechiel Michel Stern, the author of 84 published Torah works who is considered an expert on the halakhot of the Four Species, has served as the Rav of Ezrat Torah since the 1970s.^[4][5] The Kapishnitzer Rebbe, Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Palintenstein, brought his Hasidut here in 1975.^[6][7] Other rabbis who live here include:

• Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch, Rabbi of the Western Wall and the Holy Sites of Israel^[8]
• Rabbi Avraham Garbuz, author of the sefer Minchas Avraham on Kodashim
• Rabbi Shalom Schechter, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Ner Moshe
• Rabbi Yitzchok Dov Shechter, Rosh Yeshiva of Rabbi Mitnik's yeshiva^{[clarification needed]}
• The late Rabbi Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss, Gaavad of the Edah HaCharedis.

Landmarks

• Yeshivas Kodshim (Rav Tzvi Kaplan's Yeshiva)
• Beis Yisrael social hall
• Original site of Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon founded by Rabbi Simcha Wasserman
• Yeshiva Gedolah Yagdil Torah (Rav Aryeh Bernstein)
• Rachmastrivka Yeshiva

One of the two main Satmar synagogues in the city, the other one being on Yoel Street. The Cheder is across the street. These establishments belong to Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum's faction.

References

1. "Ezrat Torah". Eiferman Realty. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
2. "Jerusalem Municipality street name information" (in Hebrew). Jerusalem Municipality.
3. Eisenberg, Ronald L. (2006). The streets of Jerusalem: who, what, why. Devora Publishing. p. 104. ISBN 1-932687-54-8.
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. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
5. Shulman, Eliezer (2 February 2011). "A Kindness Repaid: How Rav Yechiel Michel Stern's forgotten deed saved his life". Mishpacha. p. 45.
6. Rossoff, Dovid (2004). Where Heaven Touches Earth: Jewish life in Jerusalem from Medieval times to the present. Guardian Press. p. 591. ISBN 0-87306-879-3.
7. Israguide 2006. Heimishkeit Eru'im Vanofesh Ltd. p. 192. ISBN 1-58330-294-8.
8. Israguide 2006, p. 194

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