Sanhedria HaMurhevet (, also spelled Sanhedria HaMurchevet) is a

Haredi Haredi Judaism (, ) is a branch of Orthodox Judaism that is characterized by its strict interpretation of religious sources and its accepted (Jewish law) and traditions, in opposition to more accommodating values and practices. Its members are ...

neighborhood in

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. Its name translates as "expanded Sanhedria". The neighborhood was founded in 1970 as a northern expansion of Sanhedria. The neighborhood is horseshoe-shaped. As of 2007 it has 784 residences. The neighborhood is closed to automobile traffic on

Shabbat Shabbat (, , or ; , , ) or the Sabbath (), also called Shabbos (, ) by Ashkenazi Hebrew, Ashkenazim, is Judaism's day of rest on the seventh day of the seven-day week, week—i.e., Friday prayer, Friday–Saturday. On this day, religious Jews ...

and

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s. Sanhedria Murhevet is home to Yeshivat Tiferet Zvi, yeshivat kinyan torah,

Yeshiva Toras Moshe Yeshiva Toras Moshe is an English-speaking Litvish Orthodox Yeshiva in Jerusalem. Founded in 1982, it was established in Israel to cater to post-high school students from English-speaking countries. It has since graduated over 1,000 students. Hi ...

, Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim, the

Jerusalem Kollel The Jerusalem Kollel is a rabbinic education program with the stated goal of training kollel couples to assume positions of leadership in Jewish communities worldwide. The intensive 3-year program covers the laws of Shabbat, Nidah, and Issur ...

, and

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Meshech Chochma as well as some schools which include hatzafon, kneset yehuda. The

Har Hotzvim Har Hotzvim (, ''lit''. Stonecutter's Mountain), also Campus of Science-Rich Industries (, ''Kiryat Ta'asiyot Atirot Mada'') is a high-tech industrial park located in northwest Jerusalem. It is the city's main zone for science-based and technolog ...

industrial complex and Yeshivat Horev are located nearby.

Nahal Tzofim

The neighborhood overlooks Nahal Tzofim which is a tributary of

Nahal Sorek Naḥal Sorek (; ), also Soreq, is one of the largest, most important drainage basins in the Judean Hills. It is mentioned in the Book of Judges 16:4 of the Bible as the border between the ancient Philistines and the Tribe of Dan of the ancient ...

. The slope on the southern bank of Nahal Tzofim, which the neighborhood overlooks, is an open area with many terraces constructed during the

Second Temple The Second Temple () was the Temple in Jerusalem that replaced Solomon's Temple, which was destroyed during the Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC), Babylonian siege of Jerusalem in 587 BCE. It was constructed around 516 BCE and later enhanced by Herod ...

period, used for agriculture in antiquity. Other artifacts of antique agriculture, such as threshing-stones and cisterns, and burial caves, continue along the creek's path. Image:Sanhedria murchvet1.JPG, Ma'agalei HaRim Street in the neighborhood Image:Sanhedria murchevet3.JPG, Ma'agalei HaRim Street File:R' Levin Circle Street Sign - Sanhedria HaMurchevet.jpg, Street sign at the corner of Levin and Yam Suf at night

Notable residents

Current residents

* Asher Arieli *

Yitzchak Berkovits Yitzchak Shmuel Halevi Berkovits () is an American-born Orthodox Jewish rabbi, rosh yeshiva, rosh kollel, and posek (arbiter of Jewish law) in Israel. In 16 years as Menahel Ruchani (spiritual director) of Yeshivas Aish HaTorah and halakha (Jew ...

Uri Lupolianski Uri Lupolianski (; born 1951) is an Israeli politician who served as the mayor of Jerusalem from 2003 to 2008 and is the founder of Yad Sarah. Biography Born August 29, 1951 in Haifa, Israel, Lupolianski studied at the Yavne School in Haifa and ...

Yitzhak Yosef Yitzhak Yosef (; born ) is an Israeli Haredi rabbi. The former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, he also serves as the rosh yeshiva of in Jerusalem's Romema neighborhood. Since the end of his term as Chief Rabbi, he joined the rabbinic leade ...

Former residents

Yehuda Meshi Zahav Avraham Zvi Yehuda Meshi Zahav (, ; 19 July 1959 – 29 June 2022) was an Israeli social activist, a member of the Haredi Jewish community, and founder and chairman of ZAKA. In March 2021, it was revealed that Zahav was a prolific sex offender ...

Yitzchok Zilber Rabbi Yitzchok Yosef Zilber (; 1917–2004) was a Russian, later Israeli-Russian Haredi rabbi and a leader of the Russian baal teshuva movement. Early life Rabbi Yitzchok Zilber was born in Kazan, Russia, several months before the Bolshevi ...

Haim Bar-Lev Haim "Kidoni" Bar-Lev (; 16 November 1924 – 7 May 1994) was a military officer during Israel's pre-state and early statehood eras and later a government minister. Biography Born Haim Brotzlewsky in Vienna and raised in Zagreb, Bar-Lev made al ...

External links

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