Beit Romano and Yeshivat Shavei Hevron
This building was constructed in 1876 by the wealthy Turkish merchant Haim Yisrael Romano as a grand residence and spiritual center. Later on, the famed Rabbi Chaim Hezekiah Medini, ran a yeshiva here where he completed his Talmudic encyclopedia Sde Chemed. In 1912, the building was purchased by the Fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom Dovber Schneersohn and established Yeshivat Torat Emet. Turkish police used the building in World War I, and it later became a British police headquarters. During the Jordanian period, it became the the Osama bin al Munqiz school. In 1982, Beit Romano finally reverted to Jewish ownership and underwent renovation and expansion. Today, it is the home of Yeshivat Shavei Hebron and its 300 students. A recreation of Rabbi Medini’s study and an exhibit of Chabad history in Hebron is on display.
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