Kiryat Mattersdorf
Kiryat Mattersdorf (
A lesser known name for the neighborhood is Kiryat Sheva Kehillos, in memory of the
History
Kiryat Mattersdorf was founded in 1958 by the Mattersdorfer Rav, Rabbi Shmuel Ehrenfeld, whose ancestors had served as Rav of the Hungarian, later Austrian town of Nagymarton (later Mattersdorf, now Mattersburg) for centuries, starting with his great-great-grandfather, the Chasam Sofer, in 1798.[2] When the community was evicted from Austria during the Anschluss of 1938, the Mattersdorfer Rav re-established his yeshiva in New York. On one of his visits to Israel in 1958, accompanied by Rav Avrum Mayer Israel, Honyader Ruv, he purchased the land and established a new neighborhood, in commemoration of the seven communities of Burgenland, Mattersdorf among them, that had been destroyed by the Nazis.[1] In 1959, he sent one of his sons, Rabbi Akiva Ehrenfeld, to supervise the construction and selling of apartments and public institutions in the new neighborhood.[2]
Among the institutions that the Mattersdorfer Rav set up were
The cornerstone for the neighborhood was laid in spring 1963,[1] and the first apartments were ready for occupancy in May 1965.[5] The first occupants included Rabbi Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg and his wife Bessie; his son Rabbi Simcha Scheinberg and his family; his daughter Rebbetzin Fruma Rochel Altusky and her family; and more than 20 students from Rabbi Chaim Scheinberg's yeshiva, Torah Ore.[5] Akiva Ehrenfeld was the one who encouraged Scheinberg to relocate his yeshiva to Jerusalem from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, offering attractive terms for apartments and land for the yeshiva[6] at the southeast end of the neighborhood.[1] Ehrenfeld also encouraged other Torah institutions to populate the community.[1]
Kiryat Mattersdorf was the first neighborhood to be built in northern Jerusalem; it was joined in subsequent years by
Austrian ties
Akiva Ehrenfeld established close ties with the government of Austria to obtain funding for several institutions, including Neveh Simcha and a kindergarten. Following an official state visit to Israel by
Resident profile
Most of the inhabitants of Kiryat Mattersdorf identify with the
.Notable rabbis who live in Kiryat Mattersdorf include Rabbis Zelig Pliskin, Moshe Sacks,[10] Nota Schiller, Chaim Brovender, and Yosef Savitzky.[11] Rabbis Simcha Wasserman, Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, Mendel Weinbach, and Shlomo Lorincz were long-time residents.[12] Rabbi Yitzchok Yechiel Ehrenfeld, grandson of Shmuel Ehrenfeld and son of Akiva Ehrenfeld, is the Rav of Kiryat Mattersdorf.[1]
Schools
The
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Vilner, Rabbi H. (20 March 2015), "אחת במקום שבע" [One in Place of Seven], Shabbos Kodesh (in Hebrew), Yated Ne'eman, pp. 20–24
- ^ a b Cohen, Yitzchok. The Mattersdorfer Rav. Hamodia Magazine, 28 May 2009, pp. 6-8.
- ^ a b c "Harav Akiva Ehrenfeld, zt"l". Hamodia Israel News, 23 August 2012, p. A14.
- ^ "אודות מעון הורים נוה שמחה" [About the Neve Simcha Parents' Center] (in Hebrew). Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- ^ a b Shain, Ruchoma (2001). All For the Boss. Feldheim Publishers. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
- ^ Shulman, Eliezer. "Rav Scheinberg's Living Legacy". Mishpacha, April 16, 2008.
- ^ Eisenshtadt, Meir (1715). "פנים מאירות חלק א-ג" [Panim Meirot Parts 1-3]. hebrewbooks.org (in Hebrew).
- ^ Engel, Reinhard (5 February 1995). "Jerusalem rabbi visits Austria 'to create a bridge' to Vienna". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012. (subscription required)
- ISBN 3704647578.
- ^ a b "Mattersdorf neighborhood". Eiferman Properties. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
- ^ Donn, Rabbi Yochanan (12 March 2013). "Rebbetzin Nechama Rochel Savitzky, a"h". Hamodia. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ^ Tatz, Akiva (1995). "Reb Simcha Speaks (chapter 3)". Ohr Somayach International. Retrieved 8 November 2010.