Nachlaot

Nachlaot (Hebrew: נחלאות, also Naḥlaʾoth) is a cluster of 32 neigbourhoods, many of them courtyard neighborhoods in central Jerusalem surrounding the Mahane Yehuda Market. It is known for its narrow, winding lanes, old-style housing, hidden courtyards and many small synagogues.

Neighborhoods in Nachlaot (plural of nachala, lit. "homestead") include Batei Broide (founded 1902), Batei Goral (founded 1885), Batei Minsk (1895), Batei Munkacs (1931), Batei Rand (1908), Batei Ya'akovson (1902), Bet Ya'acov (1877), Even Yisrael (1875, the oldest of the group), Knesset Yisrael (three neighbourhoods: Knesset A, B and C and founded in 1891, 1903 and 1925 respectively), Mahane Yehuda (1888), Mazkeret Moshe (1882), Mishkenot Yisrael (1876), Nachalat Achim (1892), Nahalat Yaakov (1927), Nahalat Zion (1891), Neve Bezalel (1924), Neve Shalom (1896), Ohel Moshe (1883), Ohel Shlomo (1891), Shaare Rahamim (1906), Shaare Zedek (1889), Sha'arei Yerushalayim (1891), Shevet Achim (1892), Shevet Zedek (1889), Sukkat Shalom (1888), Zikhron Ahim (1929), Zikhron Tuvya (1890), Zikhron Ya'acov (1933), and Zikhron Yosef (1931).

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