Ahisamakh () is a
moshav
A moshav (, plural ', "settlement, village") is a type of Israeli village or town or Jewish settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 and 1 ...
in central
Israel
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. Located in the
Shephelah
The Shephelah () or Shfela (), or the Judaean Foothills (), is a transitional region of soft-sloping rolling hills in south-central Israel stretching over between the Judaean Mountains and the Coastal Plain. The different use of the term "Jud ...
, it falls under the jurisdiction of
Hevel Modi'in Regional Council
Hevel Modi'in Regional Council () is a regional council (Israel), regional council located partly in the Shephelah region and partly in the Central Coastal Plain region of the Central District (Israel), Central District of Israel. It was founded i ...
. In it had a population of .
History
During the Ottoman period, the area of Ahisamakh belonged to the Nahiyeh (sub-district) of
Lod
Lod (, ), also known as Lydda () and Lidd (, or ), is a city southeast of Tel Aviv and northwest of Jerusalem in the Central District of Israel. It is situated between the lower Shephelah on the east and the coastal plain on the west. The ci ...
that encompassed the area of the present-day city of
Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut
Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut ( ''Mōdīʿīn-Makkabbīm-Rēʿūt'') is a city located in central Israel, about southeast of Tel Aviv and west of Jerusalem, and is connected to those two cities via Highway 443. In the population was . The populati ...
in the south to the present-day city of
El'ad
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in the north, and from the foothills in the east, through the Lod Valley to the outskirts of
Jaffa
Jaffa (, ; , ), also called Japho, Joppa or Joppe in English, is an ancient Levantine Sea, Levantine port city which is part of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, located in its southern part. The city sits atop a naturally elevated outcrop on ...
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.
The village was established in 1950 by
refugees
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from
Msallata in
Libya
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. It is named after the Biblical leader of the
tribe of Dan
The Tribe of Dan (, "Judge") was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, according to the Torah. According to the Hebrew Bible, the tribe initially settled in the hill lands bordering Tribe of Ephraim, Ephraim and Tribe of Benjamin, Benjamin on the ...
, Ahisamakh, in the days of Moses, whose sons settled in this area (Exodus 31:6).
[Hareuveni, Imanuel (2010). ]
Eretz Israel Lexicon
' (in Hebrew). Matach. p. 31.
References
Moshavim
Populated places established in 1950
Populated places in Central District (Israel)
1950 establishments in Israel
Libyan-Jewish culture in Israel
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