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loan, he asked for payment. Rabbi Porush insisted that he had already paid, so they went to Rav Shmuel Salant. In such a scenario, under Jewish monetary law, the debtor must swear that he repaid the loan to the creditor. The debtor, even after swearing, and now absolved from paying, paid a second time. When the creditor discovered his error, he immediately went back to the debtor in order to return the money. Rabbi Porush refused the money, saying he doesn't want to take money which he made an oath over. He instead donated the money to build Beit Yaakov.
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111:, with small alleyways branching off on which houses were built. Another main street, which connected the neighborhood to Mea Shearim, was built later and named for Rabbi Dayan. Two-story houses lined the roads, with spacious courtyards behind them and a shared well for every two houses. The inhabitants were originally poor people who could not afford housing in other neighborhoods, though many
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reduced to almost nothing, and the sons of Zion will soon have to search for another place to live. Lest it be too late and they find themselves, God forbid, compelled to sleep outside in the fields, on the stones and in the caves...they have, with the help of God, succeeded in gathering about a hundred members...to buy field and vineyard on which to build houses...
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185:, and they should merit to see the rebuilding of the Temple speedily, in our days. The remaining funds for the building were taken from the Beit Yisrael community. Completed and established in the year 5647/1887. May My house be a place of prayer for Beit Yisrael for all eternity.
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1361:Categories
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480:Beit David
396:Green Line
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273:References
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196:shteiblach
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1189:Yefeh Nof
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1085:Sur Baher
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163:anonymous
151:synagogue
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53:Jerusalem
36:בית ישראל
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1097:Umm Tuba
1078:Sharafat
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970:Southern
925:Nof Zion
890:Ir David
819:Tel Arza
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495:Bukharim
428:Muristan
405:Old City
324:Tel Aviv
228:Dagestan
202:minyanim
183:Moshiach
159:בית יעקב
1254:Mamilla
1144:Har Nof
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1091:Talpiot
977:Abu Tor
883:Bethany
833:Eastern
824:Unsdorf
813:Shuafat
615:Rehavia
585:Musrara
525:Katamon
463:Central
328:Am Oved
267:yeshiva
240:Hasidic
217:Yeshiva
179:Kherson
82:History
71:Ezekiel
64:Ezekiel
1206:Atarot
982:Arnona
953:Silwan
869:At-Tur
667:Al-Ram
620:Romema
254:, and
167:marble
165:. The
155:Hebrew
88:Hebrew
49:Haredi
32:Hebrew
1244:Lifta
1169:Motza
1052:Malha
784:Ramot
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505:Geula
394:(see
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