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Yitzhak Hirsch Shapira
יצחק הירש שפירא
His building is described as the first large building erected in Petah Tikva.
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... נות כאחד, הקימה בפתח־תקוה את בנײנה הגדול הראשון —
הרי זה בנײנו של יצחק הירש שפירא, המתנוםם לתפארה
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בחײ התפתחותה של המושבה. בנימין שמחוני ואנכי הײנו
החמילניקאים הראשונים שנטעו פרדםים בפתח־תקוה ופירו־
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Yitzhak Hirsch Shapira → the first large building erected in Petah Tikva
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