Kolel Chibas Yerushalayim

Kolel Chibas Yerushalayim
כולל חיבת ירושלים
Formation1830
Founded atJerusalem,  Ottoman Empire
TypeCharitable organization
HeadquartersMeah Shearim, Jerusalem
Region
 Israel
ServicesFinancial support for families, dental clinics, subsidized clothing store
Honorary Presidents
  • Grand Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokeach of Belz
  • Grand Rabbi Zvi Spira of Bluzov
  • Grand Rabbi Shmuel Dovid Halberstam of Sanz Klausenburg
  • Grand Rabbi Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam of Bobov
  • Grand Rabbi Leibish Leizer of Pshevorsk

Kolel Chibas Jerusalem (Hebrew: כולל חיבת ירושלים), one of the numerous charities known as Charity of Rabbi Meyer Ba'al Ha-Nes — named after the great 2nd century Jewish sage Rabbi Meir — is a kollel, a large charitable organization based in Jerusalem's Meah Shearim neighbourhood and which supports Jews who have emigrated to the Holy Land from Galicia, a historical geographical region spanning southeastern Poland and western Ukraine, formerly part of the Austro-Hungarian empire.