ABSTRACT
In the course of time the name Rehovot was forgotten and everyone referred to the new neighborhood as Meah She'arim. Once the establishment of the quarter was decided on, a seven-man board of directors was chosen to oversee the purchase of land and the construction of the houses, as well as to draft the bylaws by which Meah She'arim would be governed. A festive air, mixed with trepidation, accompanied the preparations of the Prushi families that would be the first to move into Meah She'arim. By 1880, six years after construction began, Meah She'arim neared completion. One hundred houses had been built, completing the rectangular form of Schick's plan, and they were occupied. Forced to return alone to Meah She'arim, he gathered the Jews around him and together they all marched on the baker Gedaliyah's house.
