Famous British philanthropist from Jewish origin Sir Moses Montefiore bought this land in 1855. After dozens of years, only in 1892–1894, this plot becomes the official municipal quarter of Jerusalem named Yemin Moshe. The name of the neighborhood commemorates its provisor's first name – Moses and a verse from Isaiah's Book (Isaiah 63:11–12). Like Moses lead his people out of slavery in Egypt, Moses Montefiore led his people out of Old Jerusalem's poverty and unsanitary conditions. However, the first houses were built even in 1860 and consisted out of 28 one-and-a-half rooms apartments. The iron pump for the water supply system was bought from England, a communal oven and a mikveh were also build in the compound. Only a few people decided to move there due to its location that generated fear to be along outside the city walls, in the open area that can become easy prey to the marauders. Thus, the fear leads the first settlers to add to the house's wall around and a gate between the wall to feel safe. The second wave of settlers came here in 1866 when the Old City of Jerusalem was overwhelmed by a cholera epidemic. Despite the raised demand for apartments in Mishkenot Shaananim this year, settlers still refused to stay at night outside the city walls, and only the illness spread caused them to abandon the Old town. Today Yamin Moshe is a neighborhood with a unique vibe. One of the most prestigious and beautiful areas of the city may tell you it’s a story like a matryoshka when you discover thing after thing and realize the process of accepting the new, different, and nonconformal.