Be'erotayim () 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

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. Located in the Sharon plain and covering 3,500

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s, it falls under the jurisdiction of

Hefer Valley Regional Council The Hefer Valley Regional Council (, ''Mo'atza Azorit Emek Hefer'') is a regional council in the Sharon region of the Central District of Israel. It is named after an administrative district in this area in the time of King Solomon (). The co ...

. In it had a population of .

Etymology

The name (meaning "Two Wells") is derived from the pre-1948 Arabic name "Bir Burin".

History

The moshav was founded in 1949 by Jewish immigrants from

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and

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. In 1956, it absorbed more Jewish immigrants from

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. Every family was allotted 25 dunam of land: 10 dunam for growing vegetables and 15 dunam for orchards. A water shortage caused hardships in the moshav in its first years of operation. Nearby Olesh was initially named Be'erotayim Bet, but was later renamed.Olesh
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