Tzuriel ( he, צוּרִיאֵל) is a

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 northern Israel. Located 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 ...

, it falls under the jurisdiction of

Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council The Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית מעלה יוסף, ''Mo'atza Azorit Ma'aleh Yosef'') is a regional council in the Upper Galilee, part of the Northern District of Israel, situated between the towns of Ma'alot-Tarshi ...

. In it had a population of .

History

The moshav was established in 1949 on land which had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of

Suhmata Suhmata ( ar, سحماتا), was a Palestinian village, located northeast of Acre. It was depopulated by the Golani Brigade during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. History Separated from the neighboring village of Tarshiha by a deep gorge, the ruins ...

. The founders were Yemenite Jews from the town of

Beit 'Adaqah A Beit (also spelled bait, ar, بيت , literally "a house") is a metrical unit of Arabic, Iranian, Urdu and Sindhi poetry. It corresponds to a line, though sometimes improperly renderered as " couplet" since each ''beit'' is divided int ...

, led by spiritual leader Rabbi Shalom Nehorai HaLevi. It was named for the biblical figure

Zuriel Tzuriel ( he, צוּרִיאֵל) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The moshav was established in 1949 on land which had ...

, son of

Abihail Abihail may refer to one of five different people mentioned in the Bible: # Abihail the Levite lived during the time of the wandering of the Israelites in the wilderness. He was the head of the house of Merari and Levi's youngest son. (Numbers 3:3 ...

(Num 3:35). After a number of years the founders left and a group of Moroccan immigrants moved in.

References

{{Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council Moshavim Populated places established in 1950 Populated places in Northern District (Israel) 1950 establishments in Israel Yemeni-Jewish culture in Israel Moroccan-Jewish culture in Israel