Givat Shaul
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Givat Shaul (Hebrew: גבעת שאול, lit. Saul's Hill) is an almost exclusively Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in western Jerusalem, Israel, which was named after the biblical ruler's capital, believed to be located northwest of the city.
The Jerusalem department of the Charedi yeshiva Yeshivas Pressburg is located there, as well as the famous national-religious Merkaz HaRav and Machon Meir (though it is located in Kiryat Moshe, on 2 Hameiri Street, and very close to Kiryat Moshe Street and rotary) yeshivot, and some famous rabbis including Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Ulman and Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu. It is located at the western entrance to the city from the Tel Aviv area. The Jerusalem Central Bus Station and the governmental district are within walking distance.
It is located between the center of town and the mainly American Charedi neighborhood of Har Nof.
The population consists of a mix of Charedi and Religious Zionist Jews. The northernmost part, directly above Highway 1, is the center of the Charedi residents, while the southern part, bordering Kiryat Moshe, is home to the latter.
Givat Shaul is also the name of the large commercial area concentrated around Rechov Kanfei Nesharim, towards Har Nof.
Some city buses that cross Givat Shaul are lines 2, 11, 15, 16, 29, 32, and 35.
