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Beit HaNassi

Official residence of the President of Israel

The President's House, known in Hebrew as Beit HaNassi (בֵּית הַנָּשִׂיא) and Mishkan HaNassi (מִשְׁכָּן הַנָּשִׂיא), is the official residence of the President of Israel.

It is located in the Talbiya neighborhood of Jerusalem.

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  • Etymology

    In Modern Hebrew, beit means house, mishkan residence, and nasi president, the last being derived from the Biblical Hebrew word for prince. Ha is the Hebrew definite article.

    History

    Before Beit HaNassi was built, President Chaim Weizmann lived in Rehovot in his own villa. Yitzhak Ben-Zvi used a cabin in Rehavia for his presidential duties while living in a regular apartment.[1]

    In 1963, a plan to build a residence for the incoming president, Zalman Shazar, was started.

    During Shazar's presidency, he declined the offer to have the future residence built as part of existing political buildings.[2][1] As a result, the construction of