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Beit Hanan ( he, בֵּית חָנָן) is a
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In 2007, Beit Hanan had of farmland. The main economic branches are eggs, orchards (pecan, citrus, avocado, mango, anona and olives) and greenhouses (flowers, vegetables and seedlings). The moshav also has banquet facilities on the grounds of a historic home.
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File:PikiWiki Israel 2658 Surveying the land intended for settling Beit Hana סיור באדמות קובייבה.jpg, Surveying Kubeiba land intended for settling Beit Hanan, 1928
File:Beit-Hanan name-1.jpg, A document dealing with the name of Beit Hanan
File:Beit Hanan Aerial View.jpg, Aerial View, 2012
File:PikiWiki Israel 7019 Beit-Hanan then and now.jpg, Beit-Hanan then (1933) and now (2007)
File:PikiWiki Israel 7572 Gan-Rave.JPG, Founders Memorial at the entrance to Moshav
File:כיכר המייסדים מושב בית חנן.JPG, Founders Square
Official website
{{Gan Raveh Regional Council Bulgarian-Jewish culture in Israel Moshavim Populated places in Central District (Israel) Populated places established in 1929 1929 establishments in Mandatory Palestine
moshav
A moshav ( he, מוֹשָׁב, plural ', lit. ''settlement, village'') is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 an ...
in central Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
. Located around two kilometers west of Ness Ziona
Ness Ziona ( he, נֵס צִיּוֹנָה, ''Nes Tziyona'') is a town in central Israel. In it had a population of , and its jurisdiction was 15,579 dunams ().
History Early history
Lying within Ness Ziona's city bounds is the ruin of an Arab vi ...
, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gan Raveh Regional Council
Gan Raveh Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית גן רווה, ''Mo'atza Ezorit Gan Raveh'') is a regional council in the Central District of Israel. The council's area of jurisdiction extends to nine
settlements: a kibbutz, six moshavi ...
. In its population was .
History
Beit Hanan founded during theHanukkah
or English translation: 'Establishing' or 'Dedication' (of the Temple in Jerusalem)
, nickname =
, observedby = Jews
, begins = 25 Kislev
, ends = 2 Tevet or 3 Tevet
, celebrations = Lighting candles each night. ...
holiday of 1929 by Jew
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""Th ...
ish immigrants
Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, and ...
from Bulgaria
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, Beit Hanan was the first Jewish agricultural community to be established after the 1929 Palestine riots
The 1929 Palestine riots, Buraq Uprising ( ar, ثورة البراق, ) or the Events of 1929 ( he, מאורעות תרפ"ט, , ''lit.'' Events of 5689 Anno Mundi), was a series of demonstrations and riots in late August 1929 in which a longst ...
. The name is taken from the Bible
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, specifically (1 Kings 4:9).Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p. 110, According to a census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...
conducted in 1931 by the British Mandate authorities, Beit Hanan had a population of 178 inhabitants, in 50 houses.Mills, 1932, p18
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In 2007, Beit Hanan had of farmland. The main economic branches are eggs, orchards (pecan, citrus, avocado, mango, anona and olives) and greenhouses (flowers, vegetables and seedlings). The moshav also has banquet facilities on the grounds of a historic home.
A Greek
Greek may refer to:
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*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
-inscribed mosaic floor was discovered within the boundaries of the moshav. A rare species of red iris grows west of the moshav, in a wild flower reserve
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* Reserve, Louisiana, a census-designated place in St. John the Baptist Parish
* Reserve, Montana, a census-designated place in Sheridan County
* Reserve, New Mexico, a US vi ...
stretching over .
Gallery
Beginning
Yishuv
Yishuv ( he, ישוב, literally "settlement"), Ha-Yishuv ( he, הישוב, ''the Yishuv''), or Ha-Yishuv Ha-Ivri ( he, הישוב העברי, ''the Hebrew Yishuv''), is the body of Jewish residents in the Land of Israel (corresponding to the s ...
, 25 February 1930
File:PikiWiki Israel 2623 Settlements in Israel קידוח הבאר הראשונה.jpg, Drilling of the first well, 1929-30
File:PikiWiki Israel 7014 Planting the first orchard in Beit-Hanan.jpg, Planting the first orchard, 1929-30
File:PikiWiki Israel 2609 Agriculture in Israel משתלת ההדרים הראשונה.jpg, Early 1930s first citrus nursery
File:PikiWiki Israel 2653 Beit Hanan water tower על סולם בריכת בית הספר.jpg, Water tower ladder of the Beit Hanan school, 1935
File:בית חנן - מראה בית חנן.-JNF044353.jpeg, Beit Hanan 1935
File:בית חנן - פרדסים.-JNF044354.jpeg, Orchards, 1934
File:PikiWiki Israel 7018 Hityashvut Hill at Beit-Hanan.jpg, Settlement Hill in Beit Hanan, 1934-36
File:PikiWiki Israel 2615 Agriculture in Israel שתילת הפרדס הראשון.jpg, Planting the first orange grove of the family farm under the direction of Papa Avraham Menda, 1935-36
File:בית חנן - מראה כללי (פנורמה).-JNF044486.jpeg, Panorama, 1935
File:PikiWiki Israel 2655 Working at the cowshed עבודה ברפת.jpg, Isaac Menda working at the cowshed, 1935
File:PikiWiki Israel 2659 B בניית בתי ההתיישבות החדשה בבית חנן.jpg, Construction of the first permanent homes, 1935
File:PikiWiki Israel 2610 Israel Defense Forces קבוצת גדנעים.jpg, A Gadna group (semi military youth brigades) in training, 1940-45
File:PikiWiki Israel 2613 Agriculture in Israel זרמן מנדה בלול המטילות.jpg, Germain Manda in the family laying coop in the 1940s
File:PikiWiki Israel 7016 Beit-Hanan youth group at Gan Rave gate.jpg, Beit-Hanan youth group at Gan Rave gate, 1940-43
File:PikiWiki Israel 7015 Family goat shed in Beit-Hanan.jpg, Family goat shed, 1946
File:PikiWiki Israel 2657 Plowing in Beit Hanan חריש בבית חנן.jpg, Using donkey for plowing, 1947
File:PikiWiki Israel 2612 Agriculture in Israel בנות המושב בזמן חגיגות הקציר.jpg, Beit Hanan girls during first harvest celebrations, 1951-52
File:PikiWiki Israel 2656 Beit Hanan drama group החוג הדרמטי של בית חנן.jpg, Beit Hanan drama group, 1952
File:PikiWiki Israel 2611 Agriculture in Israel תחרות קציר התבואה בבית-חנן.jpg, Harvest competition during the first harvest celebrations in the early 1950s
File:PikiWiki Israel 2625 Shmuel (Sami) Mayer שמואל (סמי) מאיר.jpg, Sami Shmuel Mayer on his Holder tractor, 1957-58
Now
References
External links
Official website
{{Gan Raveh Regional Council Bulgarian-Jewish culture in Israel Moshavim Populated places in Central District (Israel) Populated places established in 1929 1929 establishments in Mandatory Palestine