Sha'arei Chessed
Sha’arei Chessed is an old neighborhood located in central Jerusalem, bordering Rehavia, Nachlaot and Kiryat Wolfson. Its boundaries are as follows: in the north, Ha’Gra Street, in the east, Ussishkin Street, in the south, Ibn Shaprut & Haran Streets, and to the west, Diskin Street. The neighborhood was founded in 1909 on a land of 40 dunams and has maintained its religious-conservative standard for close to a hundred years. The neighborhood is mainly known for its people of grace and charity, as well as rabbis and scholars who have contributed to the Community, such as Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, Rabbi Parush, Rabbi Harlap, among other leading Rabbis. In recent years, Sha’arei Chessed has become a modern Haredi neighborhood, where many upscale Jewish Anglo-Saxon families have settled in. The streets of Sha’arei Chessed are almost all named after religious figures from ancient and modern Jewish history. Sha’arei Chessed is located in the heart of modern Jerusalem. The neighborhood is a classic combination of both a quiet and pastoral area, as well as an urban and vibrant place, where today, one can find luxurious apartments for sale that have given the neighborhood an imminent personality. The neighborhood is characterized by three leading streets that are historically divided into small plots on which are built three-story high private houses and attics, and in the nearby streets, Nahalat Tzadok, Antebi, Israelis, Hirschenberg, and alike, you can find spacious private houses on a larger plot of land. The neighborhood is surrounded by a large number of historic synagogues, such as the ancient and exceptional HaG’ra Synagogue, a synagogue of Kahal Hassidim that was renovated a few years ago, mikvahs and yeshivas. The Sha’arei Chessed neighborhood offers private homes for sale, homes for renovation and preservation, as well as garden apartments and penthouses. The tight-knit community of the neighborhood creates a magical atmosphere, transforming it into a unique gathering of Jews worldwide, all while combining both a glorious past and a vibrant and modern present.
