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Ezrat Torah (Hebrew: עזרת תורה, in Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: Ezras Torah) is a Haredi neighborhood in northern Jerusalem. It is bordered by Kiryat Sanz on the west, Golda Meir Blvd. on the north and east, and Shikun Chabad and Tel Arza on the south.
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Map of Ezrat Torah, Jerusalem, Israel
History
Founded around 1970, Ezrat Torah is named for the Ezras Torah Fund, a Jewish American charitable organization.
Rabbinic presence
Rabbi Yechiel Michel Stern, the author of 84 published Torah works who is considered an expert on the halakhot of the Four Species, has served as the Rav of Ezrat Torah since the 1970s. The Kapishnitzer Rebbe, Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Palintenstein, brought his Hasidut here in 1975. Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch, Rabbi of the Western Wall and the Holy Sites of Israel, also resides in Ezrat Torah.
Ezrat Torah is home to battei midrash, yeshivas, and residents belonging to the Satmar and Sadigura Hasidic dynasties.