Heads of Kiryat Avi Ezri in Beit Shemesh have announced the
transfer of ownerships of apartments will be advanced thanks
to substantial financial assistance provided by R' Heshy
Friedman of Canada, who received blessings from maranan
verabonon recently.
The new neighborhood, located adjacent to the city's chareidi
sector, was named in memory of HaRav Shach, author of Avi
Ezri. Construction is slated to begin soon and hundreds
of bnei Torah families have already signed purchase
agreements.
R' Friedman took an interest in proposals to become a partner
after seeing the large demand among bnei Torah for
apartments in the large project. His recent decision to enter
into partnership will make them available within 16
months.
Following a survey of Beit Shemesh and a detailed inspection
it was decided to present purchasers with a plan to move the
project to a new site on land located in the heart of Beit
Shemesh, between the established chareidi neighborhood and
Ramat Beit Shemesh. The new site, where building permits and
groundwork have already been completed, will allow the
construction company, A. Yonah, to complete the apartments
ahead of the originally scheduled date. Kiryat Avi Ezri
heads, under the leadership of HaRav Meir Tzvi Bergman, were
pleased to hear of the accelerated timetable. R' Friedman
visited HaRav Bergman in his home to notify him of the
favorable scheduling change.
The new site is an ideal location in Beit Shemesh and will
connect all of the areas of chareidi concentration. Kiryat
Avi Ezri promises to bring signification advantages to the
entire city and to infuse it with a boost in
ruchniyus.
The founding convention for Kiryat Avi Ezri and its
institutions, held last week at Mosdos Ateres Shlomo in Beit
Shemesh and led by Rav Sholom Ber Sorotzkin, was attended by
the city's rabbonim including Rav Nosson Hakohen Kopshitz,
the moroh d'asro of the Nachalah Umenuchah
neighborhood and a member of the rabbinical committee of the
new neighborhood. Hundreds of avreichim were also on
hand.
R' Friedman and the project's other entrepreneurs recently
paid visits to HaRav Eliashiv, HaRav Shteinman, HaRav Michel
Yehuda Lefkowitz, HaRav Nissim Karelitz, HaRav Chaim
Kanievsky, HaRav Shmuel Auerbach, the Admor of Belz and HaRav
Mordechai Gross, as well as other gedolei Torah,
roshei yeshivos and admorim.
Maranan verabonon received R' Friedman with a warm
welcome and thanks, praising him for his show of allegiance
to the Torah world and the chareidi sector-- in addition to
his assistance in the publication of the Friedman Edition of
the Shulchan Oruch--by taking a large part in setting
up the neighborhood that will bear the name of Maran HaRosh
Yeshiva, zt'l, who wholly devoted himself to bnei
Torah and is sure to act as a meilitz yosher in
the merit of his act of philanthropy. R' Friedman is offering
to provide a $10,000 loan to every purchaser in order to help
young couples afford the housing.
Kiryat Avi Ezri sales offices have prepared the new plans--
which closely match the original ones--for the public.
Purchasers who have already signed agreements, as well as
others who are in the process of selecting an apartment, are
being summoned to company offices to sign contracts as soon
as possible. Efforts are also being made to provide
government grants while they are still available.
