 Among the outstanding luminaries, Rabbi Hayim Shaul Dweck HaKohen, Rabbi Shaul Kassin (the father of the famed leader of Syrian Jewry, Rabbi Yaakov Kassin), and Rabbi Avraham Ades (the master of the Baba Sali) were drawn there from Syria in order to dedicate themselves to spiritual growth.The July 1927 Jericho earthquake damaged the building and the British Municipality ordered the building be demolished.No sooner had the order been received, plans got underway to rebuild and eight months later in March 1928 the new extended premises were completed.