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Shalom & Welcome to the Rova's web site
Our home, the Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem's Old City (known as HaRova HaYehudi or for short, the Rova) is also your home.
It all started here.
The Midrash states that the dust for the creation of Man came from Mt. Moriah, the Temple Mount. Abraham bound Isaac on the same spot and Jacob had his dream with the angels here.
King David selected and purchased the Mount as the home for the Holy Temple that his son King Solomon was destined to build and this neighborhood has been home to the Jewish people ever since.
After 2000 years of exile, Am Yisrael, the people of Israel, have returned home! We are here, physically and spiritually carrying on the tradition of thousands of years of Jewish presence.
We invite you to join us. Learn about the history of this ancient area -- the synagogues and museums in the DISCOVER THE HISTORY section. Looking for that perfect gift and want to buy directly from the source? Then visit our new online shop by clicking on the the JQ Shopping link. And for your family and friends living here, you can send them gifts (food, wine, flowers, Shabbat baskets, and much more) from our SEND A GIFT section (in the JQ Shopping area). We are here to help you connect to the place where it all began. |
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Chanukah time 5768 (2007), the frame of the Hurva was completed when the cement dome of the structure was poured. The powers that be are now busy trying to decide how to cover the cement frame. When you pass the building site in the main square of the Rova you see piles of numbered stones. Those are the stones from the previous incarnation of the Hurva which will eventually be worked into the new building. Rova residents are anxiously awaiting the removal of the caravans and parking lot which the Jewish Quarter Development Company created in the main square to service the building crew. Now that the frame is up, the residents have sent a letter to the JQDC requesting that the main square be returned to the residents. |
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