Mishkenos HoRoim ( he, משכנות הרועים), also spelled Mishkenot HaRoim and Mishkenois HaRoyim, is a small

Hasidic Hasidism, sometimes spelled Chassidism, and also known as Hasidic Judaism ( Ashkenazi Hebrew: חסידות ''Ḥăsīdus'', ; originally, "piety"), is a Jewish religious group that arose as a spiritual revival movement in the territory of conte ...

group located in

Mea Shearim Mea Shearim ( he, מאה שערים, lit., "hundred gates"; contextually, "a hundred fold") is one of the oldest Jewish neighborhoods in Jerusalem outside of the Old City. It is populated by Haredi Jews, and was built by members of the Old Yish ...

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

. It is known as a very isolated and fervently conservative group, known for its virulent anti-Zionism, even by

Haredi Haredi Judaism ( he, ', ; also spelled ''Charedi'' in English; plural ''Haredim'' or ''Charedim'') consists of groups within Orthodox Judaism that are characterized by their strict adherence to ''halakha'' (Jewish law) and traditions, in oppos ...

standards. Mishkenos HoRoim is also known as ''Kahal Yereim'' (Community of the Fearing). The main synagogue is located on Mea Shearim Street. There is also a Mishkenos HoRoim synagogue in Ramat Beit Shemesh Bet. The previous Rebbe of Mishkenos HoRoim, Rabbi Binyomin Rabinowitz, was a member of the ''Badatz'' (rabbinical court) of the Edah HaChareidis. He has been quoted as saying: "If religious Jews would not co-operate with the Zionists, he statewould have long been annulled, and the

Messiah In Abrahamic religions, a messiah or messias (; , ; , ; ) is a saviour or liberator of a group of people. The concepts of '' mashiach'', messianism, and of a Messianic Age originated in Judaism, and in the Hebrew Bible, in which a ''mashiach ...

would have come, and entire delay of the redemption is ttributable tothis matter."Ha'Edah, Parashas Va'Eiro 5768, page 11: "ואמר רבינו: ברור לי הדבר כי אם לא היו שומרי תורה מתחברים עם הציונים כבר מזמן היו מתבטלים והמשיח כבר הי' בא, וכל עיכוב הגאולה הוא בדבר זה."

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