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Map. Mahane Israel was the first neighborhood built by residents of the Old City on their own behalf, as part of the expansion of Jerusalem in the 19th century (Hebrew: היציאה מן החומות). Mahane Israel was built by and for Jews from Maghreb. It was established by the Moroccan-born Jewish leader, Rav David Ben-Shimon in 1867. [2]
Children playing in the streets of Nachlaot during the 1948 siege of Jerusalem View of Nachlaot from Sacher Park, February 2015 Street of the Stairs, Nahalat Ahim. The neighborhoods that make up the Nachlaot district were established beginning in the late 1870s outside the walls of the Old City, which was becoming increasingly overcrowded and unsanitary.
Territory of Gad on an 1852 map: Mahanaim can be seen in the northeast corner of the pink-shaded area of Gad. Mahanaim (Hebrew: מַחֲנַיִם Maḥănayīm, "camps") is a place mentioned a number of times by the Bible said to be near Jabbok, in the same general area as Jabesh-gilead, beyond the Jordan River.
David ben Shimon (Hebrew: דוד בן שמעון, Arabic: داود بن شمعون [1]) also known as Tzuf Devash and the Radvash (1826 – 5 December 1879) was a rabbi who headed the North African Jewish community of Jerusalem in the Old Yishuv.
It is located in the heart of the Mahane Israel (also Mahaneh Yisrael) neighborhood established in 1865, and is housed in the quarter's oldest building, [1] built in the mid-19th century by David ben Shimon, who founded the community of North African Jews in Jerusalem.
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Mahane Yatir (Hebrew: מחנה יתיר, lit. 'Yatir Camp'), also known as Lev Yatir ( Hebrew : לב יתיר , lit. 'Heart of Yatir'), is a village in the Yatir Forest in southern Israel .