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The following article is based on a Monsey Mevaser exclusive interview with a former Monsey resident currently living in Yerushalayim where the fire occurred.
Before beginning, let us take a brief tour of the neighborhood. Rechov Sorotzkin is in the neighborhood of Unsdorf, Jerusalem. The buildings begin at No. 1 and wind their way all the way up to No. 53 (close to a 10-minute walk). Behind the 30s there is another row of buildings known unofficially as Sorotzkin Beis (probably because it was built illegally 40 years ago and never received an official name). There are another seven buildings going from 29 to 37. In between Sorotzkin and Sorotzkin Beis there is a giant courtyard, or a “chotzer” as it is called in Eretz Yisroel, where kids and children can play, free of any worries of cars or children running into the street. There are a total of 14 buildings and around 200 families living in this little bungalow colony chotzer. Under the chotzer there is a large parking lot wher