Shaar Hashamayim Yeshiva operated at 1 Gal ' ed Street in the Old City of Jerusalem from 1906 to 1948 . The 1927 Jericho earthquake damaged the building . During the Israeli War of Independence , Haganah fighters used the yeshiva 's roof to fire on the Jordanian army . When the Old City fell to the Jordanians , the yeshiva evacuated to Amatzia Street in the Katamon neighborhood . The Jordanians set fire to the Old City building , burning all the '' seforim '' ( holy books ) and furniture inside . After the liberation of the Old City by the Israeli army in 1967 , the yeshiva tried to reclaim its property , without success
1927 Jericho earthquake
1927 Jericho earthquake
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