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[[Image:yemin_moshe.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A lane in Yemin Moshe]] |
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Yemin Moshe is a [[neighborhood]] in [[Jerusalem]], Israel |
Yemin Moshe (lit. Memorial to Moshe) is a [[neighborhood]] in [[Jerusalem]], Israel. It was established in [[1891]] by [[Moses Montefiore]] outside Jerusalem's [[Old City]] as a solution to the overcrowding and unsanitary conditions inside the walls, and eventually named for him. Few people were anxious to live there at the time, because the area was open to Arab marauders. The original houses were built with a wall around them and a gate that was locked at night. <ref>http://www.jafi.org.il/education/noar/sites/yeminmosh.htm More information about Yemin Moshe</ref> |
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[[Mishkenot Sha'ananim]], as the first houses were known, consisted of two rows of buildings. The first was completed by 1860 and contained 28 apartments of one-and-a-half rooms. The compound also had a [[water cistern]] with an iron pump imported from England, a [[ritual bath]] and a communal oven. <ref>http://www.jafi.org.il/education/noar/sites/yeminmosh.htm More information about Yemin Moshe</ref> |
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The second row of houses was built in 1866 when a [[cholera]] epidemic was at its height in the Old City. Some of the people who took up residence in the new neighborhood refused to stay there at night, but that year, the demand for apartments rose as illness spread. |
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*[http://www.biblelandpictures.com/gallery/gallery.asp?action=browse&categoryid=52&whichpage=5 Photos of Yemin Moshe] |
*[http://www.biblelandpictures.com/gallery/gallery.asp?action=browse&categoryid=52&whichpage=5 Photos of Yemin Moshe] |
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Revision as of 09:35, 25 February 2008
Yemin Moshe (lit. Memorial to Moshe) is a neighborhood in Jerusalem, Israel. It was established in 1891 by Moses Montefiore outside Jerusalem's Old City as a solution to the overcrowding and unsanitary conditions inside the walls, and eventually named for him. Few people were anxious to live there at the time, because the area was open to Arab marauders. The original houses were built with a wall around them and a gate that was locked at night. [1]
Mishkenot Sha'ananim, as the first houses were known, consisted of two rows of buildings. The first was completed by 1860 and contained 28 apartments of one-and-a-half rooms. The compound also had a water cistern with an iron pump imported from England, a ritual bath and a communal oven. [2]
The second row of houses was built in 1866 when a cholera epidemic was at its height in the Old City. Some of the people who took up residence in the new neighborhood refused to stay there at night, but that year, the demand for apartments rose as illness spread. [3]
Yemin Moshe is now an upscale Jewish neighborhood surrounded by gardens with a panoramic view of the Old City walls.
References
- ^ http://www.jafi.org.il/education/noar/sites/yeminmosh.htm More information about Yemin Moshe
- ^ http://www.jafi.org.il/education/noar/sites/yeminmosh.htm More information about Yemin Moshe
- ^ http://www.jafi.org.il/education/noar/sites/yeminmosh.htm More information about Yemin Moshe