Inbar ( he, ענבר) (lit. "amber") is a

kibbutz A kibbutz ( he, קִבּוּץ / , lit. "gathering, clustering"; plural: kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1909, was Degania. Today, farming h ...

near

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in the

Galilee Galilee (; he, הַגָּלִיל, hagGālīl; ar, الجليل, al-jalīl) is a region located in northern Israel and southern Lebanon. Galilee traditionally refers to the mountainous part, divided into Upper Galilee (, ; , ) and Lower Galil ...

in northern Israel. Inbar is the country's smallest kibbutz, with only about 10 members.

History

Inbar is located on the site of the biblical village of

Kfar Hananya Kfar Hananya ( he, כְּפַר חֲנַנְיָה) is a community settlement in the Galilee in northern Israel. It belongs to the Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In it had a population of . The village marks the border between the historic Up ...

, which was continuously inhabited by Jews from the First Temple until the 16th century. The Biblical village was situated along the banks of

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, and was known for its earthenware pottery that was considered of high quality. Rabbi Halafta, one of the great interpreters of the Mishnah, lived there in the Talmudic era, and is buried there. In the 16th century the community was abandoned, and its residents moved to

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, where a larger Jewish community existed. In the end of the 1970s, as part of the HaMitzpim program, a temporary camp was erected for workers who were building

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 ...

im nearby. The remnants of buildings that were used in the camp were improved by members of the community when they went to live there on

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in May 1994.

Economy

The economy of Inbar is based on tourism. The community runs an 18-room guesthouse and country lodge.Inbar guesthouse
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References

{{Merom HaGalil Regional Council 1994 establishments in Israel Community settlements Populated places established in 1994 Populated places in Northern District (Israel)

History

Economy

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