Ganei HaEla
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Ganei HaEla גני האלה |
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 Ganei HaEla
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| Coordinates: 31°42′32.7″N 34°59′41.55″E / 31.709083°N 34.9948750°ECoordinates: 31°42′32.7″N 34°59′41.55″E / 31.709083°N 34.9948750°E | |
| District | Jerusalem |
| Council | Mateh Yehuda Regional Council |
| Founded | 2013 |
| Founded by | Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb as community Rabbi and Yehuda Fulda as developer |
| Population (2017) | Est. 800 |
| Name meaning | Gardens of Ellah Valley |
| Website | www |
Ganei HaEla (Hebrew: גני האלה) is a community of Beit Shemesh in Israel with 96 homes geared toward Dati Leumi Torani and Modern Orthodox Jews.
Ganei HaEla is close to and the name is inspired by the Emek HaEla (Hebrew: עמק האלה). The Emek HaEla is the place where Dovid HaMelech fought Goliath (Shmuel Alef 17:2).
Ganei Haela is a planned community located in Ramat Beit Shemesh. it began with two neighbors Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb and Yehuda Fulda who both made aliyah from the USA. Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb had the idea of bringing the American Synagogue model to Israel - where the synagogue is the center of life and Yehuda Fulda, a real estate developer was considering plans to develop a community that was designed and planned around american family standards and style of living. Yehuda Fulda felt strongly that Americans would be more comfortable living in homes that were designed closer to what they has in the USA with high end features. Both felt that working together would be a winning combination. They brought in Shelly levine of Tivuch Shelly to market the project.
The residents of Ganei HaEla will be only Orthodox Jews, specifically Dati Leumi Torani. The neighborhood will be mostly a community of English-speaking olim from the USA, UK and Canada.
Ganei HaEla will have one Central synagogue under the leadership of Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb. Rabbi Gottlieb is the former Rabbi of Congregation Shomrei Emunah in Baltimore. He received his rabbinic ordination from Yeshiva University (RIETS), where he was also a member of their prestigious Wexner Kollel Elyon. In addition to publishing numerous articles and co-editing two scholarly works, Rabbi Gottlieb is the author of Ateret Yaakov, a book of in-depth essays about a wide range of halachic topics. Currently he is a Rebbe for the Shana Bet American Program at Yeshivat Har Etzion (Gush).
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