Beit Hanan
Template:Short description Template:Infobox Kibbutz Beit Hanan (Template:Langx) is a moshav in central Israel. Located around two kilometers west of Ness Ziona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gan Raveh Regional Council. In Template:Israel populations its population was Template:Israel populations.Template:Israel populations
History
Beit Hanan founded during the Hanukkah holiday of 1929 by Jewish immigrants from Bulgaria, Beit Hanan was the first Jewish agricultural community to be established after the 1929 Palestine riots. The name is taken from the Bible, specifically (1 Kings 4:9).[1] According to a census conducted in 1931 by the British Mandate authorities, Beit Hanan had a population of 178 inhabitants, in 50 houses.[2]
In 2007, Beit Hanan had Script error: No such module "convert". 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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Gallery
Beginning
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Surveying Kubeiba land intended for settling Beit Hanan, 1928
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A document dealing with the name of Beit Hanan Yishuv, 25 February 1930
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Drilling of the first well, 1929-30
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Planting the first orchard, 1929-30
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Early 1930s first citrus nursery
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Water tower ladder of the Beit Hanan school, 1935
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Beit Hanan 1935
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Orchards, 1934
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Settlement Hill in Beit Hanan, 1934-36
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Planting the first orange grove of the family farm under the direction of Papa Avraham Menda, 1935-36
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Panorama, 1935
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Isaac Menda working at the cowshed, 1935
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Construction of the first permanent homes, 1935
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A Gadna group (paramilitary youth brigades) in training, 1940-45
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Germain Manda in the family laying coop in the 1940s
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Beit-Hanan youth group at Gan Rave gate, 1940-43
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Family goat shed, 1946
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Using donkey for plowing, 1947
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Beit Hanan girls during first harvest celebrations, 1951-52
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Beit Hanan drama group, 1952
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Harvest competition during the first harvest celebrations in the early 1950s
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Sami Shmuel Mayer on his Holder tractor, 1957-58
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Now
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Aerial View, 2012
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Beit-Hanan then (1933) and now (2007)
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Founders Memorial at the entrance to Moshav
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Founders Square
References
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- ↑ Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p. 110, Template:ISBN
- ↑ Mills, 1932, p. 18
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External links
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