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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]
Mahane Yehuda (Hebrew: מחנה יהודה, "Camp of Judah") is a historic neighborhood in Jerusalem. Established on the north side of Jaffa Road in 1887, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] it was planned and managed by the consortium of Swiss-Christian banker Johannes Frutiger and his Jewish partners, Joseph Navon and Shalom Konstrum.
The first was Even Yisrael, built in 1875 as the sixth neighborhood outside of the walls of Jerusalem's Old City. Its name was derived from the biblical verse (Genesis 49:24): "But his bow abode firm, and the arms of his hands were made supple, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, from thence, from the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel."
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 .
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The neighborhood overlooks Nahal Tzofim which is a tributary of Nahal Sorek.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 period, used for agriculture in antiquity.
In 1887 the neighborhood of Mahane Yehuda was established on the north side of Jaffa Road.It was founded by three business partners—Johannes Frutiger (a German Protestant and owner of the largest bank in Ottoman Palestine), Shalom Konstrum, and Joseph Navon—and was named after Navon's brother, Yehuda. [4]
The Ohel Rahel synagogue on David Yellin Street. Mekor Baruch is located 810 metres (2,660 ft) above sea level.The area lies at the head of the Ben-Hinnom Valley, a 3.1 kilometres (1.9 mi)-long valley that winds down Jaffa Road to Independence Park and Mamilla Pool until it intersects with the Kidron Valley.