Bayit VeGan Complex
Bayit or Basis is Hebrew for "house" and might refer to: Locations *Bayit VeGan, neighbourhood in Jerusalem * Bayit Lepletot, orphanage in Jerusalem Other *Shalom bayit, Jewish concept of domestic harmony *Bayit Yehudi The Jewish Home ( he, הַבַּיִת הַיְהוּדִי, HaBayit HaYehudi) is an Orthodox Jewish and religious Zionist political party in Israel. It was originally formed by a merger of the National Religious Party, Moledet, and Tkuma in N ...

Bayit VeGan
Bayit VeGan ( he, בית וגן, lit. ''House and Garden'') is a neighborhood in southwest Jerusalem. Bayit VeGan is located to the east of Mount Herzl and borders the neighborhoods of Kiryat HaYovel and Givat Mordechai. History Bronze Age A 4,000-year-old cemetery and many Canaanite artifacts were discovered in an archeological dig at the edge of Bayit Vagan. The cemetery covers an area of more than half an acre (0.2 hectare), and burials are believed to have taken place there mainly in the Bronze Age, in 2200-2000 BCE and 1700-1600 BCE. Excavations began in 1995 but the most interesting finds were discovered in 2005. Crusader period The Orthodox monastery of Mar Saba owned a farmstead in this area in the 12th century, during the existence of the Catholic Kingdom of Jerusalem established by Crusaders. British Mandate period During the British Mandate, the army built one of its radar stations in Bayit Vagan. A synagogue, Beit Knesset Migdal ("The Tower"), now stands on the spo ...
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Bayit Lepletot
Bayit Lepletot ( he, בית לפליטות, literally, "Home for Refugees"), is an Orthodox Jewish orphanage for girls in Jerusalem, Israel. Established in 1949 in the Mea Shearim neighborhood to accommodate young Holocaust refugees and orphans, the orphanage opened a second campus in north-central Jerusalem called Girls Town Jerusalem ( he, קרית בנות, "Kiryat Banot") in 1973. Over time, the resident profile changed to comprise girls from dysfunctional or abusive homes, children of terror victims, and abandoned immigrant children. Girls enter the orphanage as young as three years of age and can remain at the home until their wedding. The orphanage takes full responsibility for each girl's welfare and covers all living, educational, and wedding expenses. As of 2004, the two campuses had housed and educated over 8,000 girls. History In the postwar years, Israel was flooded with young Holocaust refugees who were being placed in non-religious institutions by the Israeli govern ...
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Shalom Bayit
Shalom bayit () (also sholom bayit or shlom bayit, or (Yiddish) sholom bayis or shlom bayis) is the Jewish religious concept of domestic harmony and good relations between husband and wife. In a Jewish court of law, ''shalom bayit'' is the Hebrew term for marital reconciliation. Origin of term The term ''sh'lom beto'' () is found in the Talmud regarding domestic peace in general. Nowadays, it is mostly used regarding matrimonial peace. As a Jewish value Throughout the history of the Jewish people, Jews have held an ideal standard for Jewish family life that is manifested in the term ''shalom bayit''. ''Shalom bayit'' signifies completeness, wholeness, and fulfillment. Hence, the traditional Jewish marriage is characterized by peace, nurturing, respect, and ''chesed'' (roughly meaning ''kindness'', more accurately ''loving-kindness''), through which a married couple becomes complete. It is believed that God's presence dwells in a pure and loving home In Jewish culture, a marriage is ...
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