Sha'arei Hesed is a neighborhood in central Jerusalem, Israel

Israel

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, bordering Rehavia

Rehavia

Rehavia is an upscale Jerusalem neighborhood located between the city center and Talbiya.-History:Rehavia was established on a large plot of land purchased in 1921 from the Greek Orthodox Church by the Palestine Land Development Company . The area was known at the time as Ginzaria, a native...

, Nahlaot and Wolfson

Isaac Wolfson

Sir Isaac Wolfson, 1st Baronet FRS was a businessman and philanthropist. He was managing director of Great Universal Stores 1932-1947 and chairman 1947-1987. He established the Wolfson Foundation to distribute most of his fortune to good causes. Great Universal Stores was a mail order business...

 Towers.

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

Rabbi

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 Shmuel Salant

Shmuel Salant

Shmuel Salant served as the Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem for almost 70years. He was a renowned Talmudist and Torah scholar.-Biography:...

, in 1909.

In recent years, Sha'arei Hesed has become a Haredi

Haredi Judaism

Haredi or Charedi/Chareidi Judaism is the most conservative form of Orthodox Judaism, often referred to as ultra-Orthodox. A follower of Haredi Judaism is called a Haredi ....

 neighborhood, as old-time Jerusalemites move out. The area is undergoing gentrification, and many homes have been purchased by affluent Orthodox Jewish

Orthodox Judaism

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 families from abroad, especially from English-speaking countries. The neighborhood has several yeshiva

Yeshiva

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s, among them Maalos Hatorah, Midrash Shmuel and Noam HaTalmud, and a large number of synagogue

Synagogue

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s.

Notable residents

• Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach
  Shlomo Zalman Auerbach
  Shlomo Zalman Auerbach , was a renowned Orthodox Jewish rabbi, posek, and rosh yeshiva of the Kol Torah yeshiva in Jerusalem, Israel...
  
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• Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach
  Shmuel Auerbach
  Shmuel Auerbach is a prominent Haredi rabbi in Jerusalem, Israel. He is regarded as one of the leading non-Hasidic Lithuanian poskim for Haredi Ashkenazi Jews living in Israel, whose views and declarations are regarded as authoritative...
  
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• Rabbi Sholom Schwadron
  Sholom Schwadron
  Sholom Schwadron was a Haredi rabbi. He was known as the "Maggid of Jerusalem" for his fiery, inspirational mussar talks. Some of the stories he told about the character and conduct of Torah leaders and tzadikim of previous generations were incorporated in the "Maggid" series of books by Rabbi...
  
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• Rabbi Dov Berish Weidenfeld
  Dov Berish Weidenfeld
  Rabbi Dov Berish Weidenfeld was the Chief Rabbi of Tshebin , Poland, and after World War II spent his final years in Jerusalem...
  
  (Tchebiner Rav) zt"l