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Nahalat Shiv'a ( he, נחלת שבעה) is a former
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 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,
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courtyard neighborhood
Courtyard neighborhoods are Jewish neighborhoods built in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The inward-facing and defensible traditional urban housing of the Near East, ordinarily occupied by an extended family, was ...
in 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 Old City often refers to old town, the historic or original core of a city or town.
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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 "Estatef the
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Seven", 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 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
''Ha-Levanon'' () was the first Hebrew-language newspaper to be published in the Land of Israel. Published between 1863 and 1886, its chief editor was . ''Ha-Levanon'' was distributed in Jerusalem, Paris, Mainz and London.
History
''Ha-Levano ...
. In 1873, milk cows were imported from Amsterdam and a dairy was opened in Nahalat Shiv'a. A carriage service to Jaffa Gate
Jaffa Gate ( he, שער יפו, Sha'ar Yafo; ar, باب الخليل, Bāb al-Khalīl, "Hebron Gate") is one of the seven main open Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem.
The name Jaffa Gate is currently used for both the historical Ottoman 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
The Friends of Zion Museum is a museum in the historic Nahalat Shiv'a neighborhood of downtown Jerusalem. The museum celebrates Christian Zionists and their contribution to Israel.
History
The museum tells the story of non-Jewish aid to the Jewi ...
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 Bri ...
carried out a shooting spree
A spree killer is someone who commits a criminal act that involves two or more murders or homicides in a short time, in multiple locations. The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics defines a spree killing as "killings at two or more locations w ...
in Nahalat Shiv'a, using two Palestinian Authority
The Palestinian National Authority (PA or PNA; ar, السلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية '), commonly known as the Palestinian Authority and officially the State of Palestine,
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 centuryReferences
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