Porat Yosef Yeshiva

Yeshivat Ohel Moed, cofounded by Rabbis Ezra Harari-Raful and Refael Shelomo Laniado in Jerusalem in 1904, was the forerunner to Porat Yosef Yeshiva.

[2] Yosef Shalom, a Baghdadi philanthropist from Calcutta, India, originally bought the site overlooking the Temple Mount with the intention of building a hospital.

Rabbi Yehuda Tzadka underscored from this event that one must not take the words of the sages lightly[6] In May 1948, shortly after the start of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the yeshiva building was attacked and destroyed by the Arab Legion.

After the war's conclusion in 1949, a new home was established for the yeshiva in the Geula neighborhood, at the corner of Malkhei Yisrael and Yosef Ben Mattityahu Streets.

The edifice is covered by a large, semitransparent dome which permits light to enter by day, while at night it glows with interior illumination.

The pre-1948 facade of the Porat Yosef Yeshiva (left) facing the Temple Mount . The domed Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue is to the right, rear.
Porat Yosef Yeshiva (number 57 and adjacent schools) in the 1936-47 Survey of Palestine map
Geula branch of Porat Yosef Yeshiva.