Beit Romano, Historical building in Hebron, Israel

Beit Romano is a large rectangular building of light beige stone blocks standing outside Hebron's kasbah, the first built structure outside the Old City. Its left facade has three tall arched openings divided by stone mullions, three smaller arched windows above, and a round relief of a seven-branched menorah with Hebrew inscriptions. A plainer right wing has rows of smaller arched windows; the original building rose three storeys.

Built in 1875–1876 by Haim Yisrael Romano, a grain merchant from Istanbul, the building was the first built outside Hebron's Old City. It housed a synagogue for Turkish Jews and hosted Rabbi Chaim Hizkiyahu Medini, who completed his encyclopedia Sde Hemed there. In 1914 Rabbi Sholom Dov Ber Schneersohn of Chabad bought it and founded the Torat Emet yeshiva. Under the British Mandate it served as a courthouse and police headquarters, and in 1929 it became a collection point for Jewish casualties.

The building houses a yeshiva where students engage in daily Jewish religious study and learning. It serves as a living center for traditional education and worship in the Old City.

Beit Romano lies in the H2 zone of divided Hebron, next to the closed central bus station, and is surrounded by military guard posts, some on the roof of the building and of neighbouring Palestinian houses. The site holds the Shavei Hevron yeshiva and a military base, so entry is not open to the public. The Ottoman title deeds and photographs of the rabbis who taught here are kept inside.

The Ottoman title deeds for the site are kept and displayed inside the building, alongside other legal documents and photographs of the rabbis who lived and taught there. The round relief over the entrance carries a seven-branched menorah with Hebrew inscriptions above and below it.