Kiryat Shmuel

Kiryat Shmuel is a neighborhood in central Jerusalem, Israel founded in 1926. It is named for Rabbi Samuel Salant, the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem in 1878-1909. [ [http://www.jerusalem.muni.il/english/sys/tour/vir_tour/show/show_tour.asp?tour_id=111 Show Results ] ] Kiryat Shmuel is located between Rehavia and Katamon.

History

The land was purchased with money from a charitable fund established in honor of the rabbi's ninetieth birthday which also provided loans for building homes. The regulations of the society stipulated that the members be at least eighteen years of age, and that they conduct themselves "in accordance with the Torah, both the written and the orally transmitted." [ [http://www.jerusalem.muni.il/english/sys/tour/vir_tour/show/show_tour.asp?tour_id=111 Show Results ] ]

Kiryat Shmuel was dedicated on May 8, 1929, in the presence of the Ashkenazi chief rabbi, Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook. Three months later, many properties were damaged in the Arab rioting that erupted in Jerusalem. Forty houses were built by the beginning of World War II, and another ten were by the 1948 Israeli-Arab War. [ [http://www.jerusalem.muni.il/english/sys/tour/vir_tour/show/show_tour.asp?tour_id=111 Show Results ] ]

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