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Nahalat Shiv'a ( he, נחלת שבעה) is a former courtyard neighborhood in
Nahalat Shiv'a was the third residential neighborhood built outside the city walls. There are two stories regarding the purchase of the land.
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Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
. It was the third Jewish neighborhood built outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem in the 1860s. Today it is a crowded pedestrian promenade lined with sidewalk cafes. It is adjacent to the Downtown Triangle of central Jerusalem.
Name
''Nahala'' is the Hebrew word for heritage or estate. Nahalat Shiv'a means "Estate f theSeven", referring to the seven founding families.History
Nahalat Shiv'a was the third residential neighborhood built outside the city walls. There are two stories regarding the purchase of the land. Yosef Rivlin
Yosef Yitzhak "Yoshya" Rivlin ( he, יוסף יצחק "יושעה" ריבלין, 18 December 1836 – 5 September 1896) was an Orthodox Jewish scholar, writer, and community leader in the Old Yishuv of Jerusalem. Scion of a family of Perushim, di ...
claimed he raised the money on a trip to Russia in 1859, while Yoel Moshe Salomon claimed it was his idea. Lots were cast and Rivlin won the right to build the first house in the neighborhood. The other five founders were Yehoshua Yellin, Michael Hacohen, Binyamin Salant, Haim Halevi and Aryeh Leib Horowitz.
Upon his engagement in 1856, Rivlin announced his plan to settle outside the Old City Walls, to the dismay of his family. After winning the right to build first, Rivlin chose a spot on the westernmost edge of Nahalat Shiva’s northern boundary.
In 1862, Yoel Moshe Salomon moved his printing press to Nahalat Shiva and ran the business with Michael Hacohen. His first publication was a guidebook. The following year, the press published the country's first Hebrew newspaper, HaLevanon. In 1873, milk cows were imported from Amsterdam and a dairy was opened in Nahalat Shiv'a. A carriage service to Jaffa Gate was inaugurated that summer.
By 1875 there were 50 families in Nahalat Shiv'a. In 1918, there were 861 people in Nahalat Shiv'a living and 253 houses.
The Safrai Gallery was founded in Nahalat Shiv'a in 1935.
Cultural landmarks
The Friends of Zion Museum is located in Nachalat Shiv'a; it is built into a series of the neighborhood's historic stone houses.Terrorist incidents
On October 9, 1994,Hamas
Hamas (, ; , ; an acronym of , "Islamic Resistance Movement") is a Palestinian Sunni-Islamic fundamentalist, militant, and nationalist organization. It has a social service wing, Dawah, and a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam ...
carried out a shooting spree in Nahalat Shiv'a, using two Palestinian Authority policemen defectors. Two people were killed and 16 wounded. Ma'ayan Levy, 19, and Samir Mugrabi, 35, were killed in the attack./ref>
See also
*Expansion of Jerusalem in the 19th century
The expansion of Jerusalem in the 19th century, also referred to as the departure from the walls, was the process of building new residences outside of the Old City walls, and shifting the city center to the new neighborhoods. The process started ...
References
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