Beit Nehemia
Beit Nehemia
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| Etymology: House of Nehemiah | |
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| Country |  Israel |
| District | Central |
| Council | Hevel Modi'in |
| Affiliation | HaOved HaTzioni |
| Founded | 1950 |
| Founded by | Persian Jewish Refugees |
| Population (2023)[1] | 1,082 |
Beit Nehemia (Hebrew: בֵּית נְחֶמְיָה, lit. 'House of Nehemiah') is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Shoham, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,082.[1]
History
[edit | edit source]During the 18th and 19th centuries, Beit Nehemia was the site of the Arab village of Beit Nabala. It belonged to the Nahiyeh (sub-district) of Lod that encompassed the area of the present-day city of Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut in the south to the present-day city of El'ad in the north, and from the foothills in the east, through the Lod Valley to the outskirts of Jaffa in the west. This area was home to thousands of inhabitants in about 20 villages, who had at their disposal tens of thousands of hectares of prime agricultural land.[2]
The moshav was established in 1950 on the land that had belonged to Beit Nabala[3] by Jewish immigrants from Persia. It was named after the biblical prophet Nehemiah, who left Persia for Israel like the modern founders.[4][5][6]
References
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- ^ Place Names in Israel. A Compendium of Place Names in Israel compiled from various sources. Translated from Hebrew, Jerusalem 1962 (Israel Prime Minister’s Office. The Israeli Program for Scientific Translations) p.26-27
- ^ Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p.11, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
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