Beit HaNassi

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. 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. In October 2017, work was completed on a new, enlarged entrance to Beit Hanassi to enable faster processing of visitors to major events at the residence. == Artwork ==

The President's residence includes various pieces of artwork. These include the wall of praise to Jerusalem by Moshe Castel, who used crushed volcanic ash (basalt) to produce the relief. There are also stained windows made by Reuben Rubin, murals by Naftali Bezem and a doorway crafted by Shraga Weil. File:The Israeli President's Residence in Jerusalem, February 2021.jpg|Wall of Praise to Jerusalem, 1970. A Relief by Moshe Castel. File:109326 jerusalem is the residence of the president PikiWiki Israel.jpg|Doorway by Shraga Weil ==Gallery==

File:The Meeting Room at the President of Israel Residence.jpg|Meeting room in 2008 File:Clinton Menorah Ceremony.jpg|U.S. President Clinton at menorah lighting ceremony at Beit HaNassi, 1998 File:Reuven Rivlin in the annual olive harvest in the garden of Beit HaNassi, November 2020 (GPOHA1 2768).jpg|Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in the annual olive harvest in the garden of Beit HaNassi, November 2020 == References ==