 Porat Yosef Yeshiva in the old city of Jerusaelm as it stood before 1948. Image by The original uploader was Chesdovi at English Wikipedia. at 13:14 on 21 September, 2006; Size: 2681×1365× (908932 bytes), via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed Public domain |
Geula GillPorat Yosef Yeshiva Porat Yosef Yeshiva Yeshiva in Jerusalem 31°46′30.8″N 35°14′0.9″E The pre-1948 facade of the Porat Yosef Yeshiva (left) facing the Temple Mount. The domed Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue is to the right, rear. Porat Yosef Yeshiva (Hebrew: ישיבת פורת יוסף) is a Sephardic yeshiva in Jerusalem, with locations in both the Old City and the Geula neighborhood. The name Porat Yosef means "Joseph is a fruitful tree" after the biblical verse Genesis 49:22. History Porat Yosef Yeshiva (number 57 and adjacent schools) in the 1936-47 Survey of Palestine map Yeshivat Ohel Moed, cofounded by Rabbis Ezra Harari-Raful and Refael Shelomo Laniado in Jerusalem in 1904, was the forerunner to Porat Yosef Yeshiva. Harari-Raful also opened another yeshiva in 1918… (Source: Wikipedia)
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