Beit David בית דוד | |
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| Coordinates:31°46′59.08″N35°13′11.35″E / 31.7830778°N 35.2198194°E /31.7830778; 35.2198194 | |
| Country |  Israel |
| City | West Jerusalem |
| Established | 1873 |
Beit David was the fourthJewish neighborhood outside thewalls of Jerusalem. Thiscourtyard neighborhood was established in 1873.[1]
Beit David was founded as analmshouse for Jews on a plot of land donated by akollel.[2] It was named for the philanthropist, David Reis. The name also alludes to the historical House of David and to the book known asBeit David, a treatise on Jewish law written byJoseph Ben David in the 18th century.[3] Because Beit David was far from the kollel's center in theOld City, it contained a synagogue and 10 apartments to ensure the existence of aminyan.[2]
The residence ofAbraham Isaac Kook, Israel's firstAskenanzicchief rabbi was on the second floor of the building, added in 1922. The Rabbi Kook House is now a museum of the life of Rabbi Kook.[4] The Museum of Psalms, located on the ground floor for many years, featured the paintings of Moshe Tzvi HaLevi Berger, aKabbalist and painter. Berger was evicted in 2014 to make room for a yeshiva[5]
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