abd al - malik ibn marwan directed the rebuilding of the wall of jerusalem.
abd al - malik ibn marwan directed the rebuilding of the wall of jerusalem.
who directed the rebuilding of the wall of jerusalem?
abd al - malik ibn marwan
old gate (jerusalem)









































the old gate is one of the many gates of the wall of jerusalem, located on the northern side. it was repaired by the jebusites during the wall rebuilding in the book of nehemiah. in some versions the gate is called "the jeshanah gate", which translates to "the old gate".









































bullet::::- nehemiah 3:6 it is said to have been built by joiada son of paseah and meshullam son of besodeiah.
old gate (jerusalem)
nevertheless, in late 1815, leader of the safed perushim, rabbi menachem mendel of shklov, arrived in jerusalem with a group of followers. they directed their main efforts to rebuilding he-hasid's synagogue, which had symbolised the expulsion of the ashkenazim from jerusalem. by this, they intended to demonstrate the re-establishment of ashkenazic presence in the city. rebuilding one of jerusalem's ruins would also have symbolic kabbalistic significance. the "repairing" of an earlier destruction would represent the first step of rebuilding the entire city, a prerequisite for the arrival of the messiah.
hurva synagogue