Azri'el () is a religious

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

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. Located near

Tel Mond Tel Mond () is a town in the Sharon region of Israel, located east of Netanya and north of Kfar Saba. In it had a population of .. History Tel Mond was founded on 16 June 1929 by Alfred Mond, 1st Baron Melchett. Lord Melchett was a British in ...

, it falls under the jurisdiction of

Lev HaSharon Regional Council Lev HaSharon Regional Council () is a regional council in the Sharon region of the Central District of Israel. History The council was established in 1984, unifying Hadar HaSharon and Northern Sharon regional councils, and covers 18 villages wi ...

. In it had a population of .

History

Azriel was founded in 1951 by immigrants from Yemen. It was named after

Azriel Hildesheimer Azriel Hildesheimer (also Esriel and Israel, ; 11 May 1820 – 12 June 1899) was a German rabbi and leader of Orthodox Judaism. He is regarded as a pioneering moderniser of Orthodox Judaism in Germany and as a founder of Modern Orthodox Judaism ...

, a founder of

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. In 2006 the moshav approved an expansion plan to bring in new families. Twenty families moved in by the summer of 2008.

References

{{Authority control Moshavim Religious Israeli communities Populated places established in 1951 Populated places in Central District (Israel) Yemeni-Jewish culture in Israel