HEBRON, Israel — Stroking the stone archway, Eliyahu Eidenov's face glows with satisfaction. “I did this all myself,” says the stonemason, pointing at the ceiling and walls that he personally designed.
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HEBRON, Israel — Stroking the stone archway, Eliyahu Eidenov’s face glows with satisfaction. “I did this all myself,” says the stonemason, pointing at the ceiling and walls that he personally designed.
Giving us a tour of the room he designed, Eidenov relates that the Hebron, Israel, building was purchased by the Fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom Dov Ber Schneerson, of righteous memory ñ known as the Rebbe Rashab ñ in 1909. Known as Beit Romano, it was built by Chaim Yisroel Romano, a businessman from Constantinople in the mid 1870s.
A few years later, Schneerson sent a group of students from the Russian town of Lubavitch to learn in the building, thus establishing the Chabad yeshivah of Torat Emet. The complex of apartments and halls was in addition to other properties that belonged to the Chabad community in Hebron.
Following the Arab riots in the city in 1929 ñ which happened only a few days after a visit to the city by the Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of righteous memory and resulted in the murder of several students and teachers of Torat Emet ñ the surviving Jews of Hebron fled. The remaining Torat Emet teachers and students moved to Jerusalem.
elchonon
Very nice article, eliyahu is a master! I daily marvel at his works..
But I am hurt by the author referring to the rebbe by his last name..
Yes thats how its done in news articles etc.. but its nor proper respect..
shliach
"A few years later, Schneerson sent a group of students"
I cannot believe that chabad.org would refer to the Rebbe Rashab by his last name! What chutzpa!