| Beit David | |
| Native Name: | בית דוד |
| Native Name Lang: | he |
| Settlement Type: | Neighborhood |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Jerusalem |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Israel |
| Subdivision Type1: | City |
| Subdivision Name1: | West Jerusalem |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1873 |
Beit David was the fourth Jewish neighborhood outside the walls of Jerusalem. This courtyard neighborhood was established in 1873.[1]
Beit David was founded as an almshouse for Jews on a plot of land donated by a kollel.[2] It was named for the philanthropist, David Reis. The name also alludes to the historical House of David and to the book known as Beit David, a treatise on Jewish law written by Joseph Ben David in the 18th century.[3] Because Beit David was far from the kollel's center in the Old City, it contained a synagogue and 10 apartments to ensure the existence of a minyan. The residence of Abraham Isaac Kook, Israel's first Askenanzic chief rabbi was on the second floor of the building, added in 1922. The Rabbi Kook House is now a museum of the life of Rabbi Kook.[4] The Museum of Psalms, located on the ground floor for many years, featured the paintings of Moshe Tzvi HaLevi Berger, a Kabbalist and painter. Berger was evicted in 2014 to make room for a yeshiva[5]