“Netivot Is On Its Way to Becoming the Torah City of the Negev” Dozens of Community Leaders from Yerushalayim, Bnei Brak, Beit Shemesh, and Modiin Illit Tour the Sites of Thousands of New Homes for the Chareidi Tzibbur  *Community leaders visited kollelim where hundreds of avreichim are already learning in Netivot, toured the magnificent mosdos chinuch, and were shown the massive construction sites adjacent to the existing kehilla, where work has begun on thousands of housing units for the chareidi public. *500 families from the finest yeshivos have already purchased homes in Ramat Meir, and 150 outstanding avreichim, talmidei chachomim from leading yeshivos, have bought homes in Kiryat Beit HaLevi. *The Housing Committee expressed tremendous satisfaction with the unprecedented scale of construction designated for bnei Torah and held an extended practical discussion about the future of these large and distinguished kehillos set to flourish in the city over the coming years, with the construction’s completion. Dozens of leaders from chareidi communities across the country toured Kiryat Beit HaLevi and Ramat Meir in Netivot, witnessing firsthand the areas where, in the coming month, construction will begin on thousands of new homes designated for bnei Torah. As previously reported in ‘Yated Ne’eman,’ the cornerstone laying event for them new kehillos took place several weeks ago, attended by Maran HaRav HaGaon HaRav Moshe Hillel Hirsch, shlit”a, HaRav HaGaon HaGadol Reb Aryeh Levi, shlit”a, HaRav HaGaon HaGadol Reb Aviezer Piltz, shlit”a, and Roshei Yeshivos and Rabbonim, shlit”a, who strongly encouraged their talmidim to establish their homes in these new neighborhoods. 36,000 New Housing Units Underway The kinus was opened by Reb Aharon Asayag, shlit”a, the visionary behind the Yadir Torah mosdos in Netivot, who has led and built the Torah revolution in the south. Acting as the trusted emissary of the Gedolei Yisroel, shlit”a, Reb Asayag has spearheaded the initiative to establish kehillos for distinguished avreichim in the city, going so far as to enlist support from philanthropists from around the world to assist avreichim in purchasing apartments. In his remarks, Reb Asayag presented the vision of expanding Torah in Netivot—a vision initiated by HaRav HaGaon HaGadol Rav Yissachar Meir, zt”l, and now continuing to unfold. He detailed the decades of Torah growth in the region, recalling the remarkable history of how the spiritual landscape of the south was transformed over the past twenty years, with the establishment of mosdos Torah, kollelim, and chinuch. “Now, b’siyata d’Shmaya, the opportunity has come,” he said. “Government policies have created an unprecedented window for avreichim to purchase a home in a place that is entirely built on Torah and chinuch.” 36,000 housing units are currently being built in Netivot, all under fully approved government budgets. “To grasp the scale of this development,” it was noted at the kinus, “all of Kiryat Sefer (Modiin Illit), across its many neighborhoods, contains just 11,500 apartments. Here, in Netivot, the cost of a home is 700,000 shekel less than in the four largest chareidi communities. The goal is for Netivot to become the Torah city of the entire south. There are already strong kehillos in the South—in Netivot, Tifrach, and Ofakim—but building an entire city of Torah is on a different level.” A 25-Minute Train from Israel’s Center to its South It was also reported at the kinus that 70% of […]