Austrian President Visits Yeshivas Beis Shmuel in Yerushalayim
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Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen, who is on a state visit to Israel, on Monday visited Yeshivas Beis Shmuel in Kiryat Mattersdorf in Yerushalayim.
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The president came to the yeshivah together with Austrian Ambassador Martino Weiss.
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The yeshivah is headed by the Rav of Kiryat Mattersdorf, Harav Yitzchak Ehrenfeld, shlita. The name of the neighborhood comes from the centuries-old Austrian town of Mattersdorf, now known as Mattersburg.
During der Bellen’s visit to the yeshivah, Harav Ehrenfeld bestowed the president a silver Yad, pointer, for a sefer Torah. The president gave the Rosh Yeshivah a street sign with the name of his grandfather in Mattersdorf in Austria.
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