The Soul of Yerushalayim


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Personalities, Places, and Moments
In the Courtyards of Yerushalayim and its Neighborhoods
Yerushalayim of the Yishuv Hayashan is a city of
alleys, walls, and shadows, but more than any-
thing, it is a city of people: a city of Jews who
serve their Creator with simplicity and sincerity,
who wear the same authentic "zebra stripes" and wide-
brimmed hats worn for hundreds of years.
The primary aspect of Yerushalayim is its soul. The an-
cient, pure, beautiful spirit that hasn't been blemished by
the passing years, hasn't submitted to modernization, and
hasn't been influenced by the passage of time. Those with
sharp vision and understanding can see the complete,
strong, inner-focused Yerushalmi character that hides un-
derneath the white, pom-pom-topped yarmulke.
Yerushalayim of the Yishuv Hayashan is a city of clothes-
lines stretched above wooden beams; of righteous women
paddling old, worn mattresses on Erev Pesach; of Jews go-
ing out at midnight to serve their Creator. It is a city of big
shtreimels elegant, though worn - that are taken out ev-
ery Erev Shabbos, when Jews with wet peyos stride in the
gold-striped tunics that are covered by the thin brown coat
known as the djubeh.
It is a city of Torah personalities, talmidei chachamim and
geonim, who blend into the curves in the paths, walking
humbly and silently on the side of the road, demanding no
attention. This is a city of beautiful simplicity, of impressive
poverty, of concealed genius, of righteousness and exalted
asceticism hidden within modest behavior, and of the sim-
ple chesed that is done constantly in its courtyards and al-
leys without anybody taking notice.
Yerushalayim of pure gold is concealed under the rough
surface of people who sometimes seem cold and aloof, but
who burn with the fire of humanity and Yiddishkeit that can
be awakened by a pashkevil hanging on the ancient walls of
the Yishuv Hayashan.
Aryeh Ehrlich, a prominent chareidi journalist who was born in Batei Ungarin,
often tells the story of Yerushalayim to the outside world. Baruch Yaari is an accom-
plished photographer who was allowed entry with his camera, for over fifteen years,
into the most guarded places of the Yishuv Hayashan. Together, these two artists
have created this pictorial album that documents the alleys and shuls, the stores
and workshop Erev Shabbos and yearly events, and the happy and sad moments in
the neighborhoods that are more a legendary concept than a mere residential area.
The Soul of Yerushalayim documents the heart of Yerushalayim that continues to
exist in the present with that same old spirit and authenticity. It takes the reader on
an enchanting journey through the wondrous stones, alleys, yards, moments, and
people of Yerushalayim shel Maalah.
Sku:
F-7983
Author:
Baruch Yaari & Aryeh Ehrlich
Translator:
Dinna Harris
Isbn 13:
9781680255164
Isbn 10:
1680255169
Pages:
396
Size:
9" x 9.7"
Binding:
Hardcover
Date:
2/22/2022
Imprint:
Feldheim Publishers

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