Mevo Modi'im
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Mevo Modi'im (Template:Langx, lit. Modi'im Gateway), officially Me'or Modi'im (Template:Langx), is a moshav in central Israel. It is also known as the Carlebach Moshav.[1] Located north-west of Modi'in on Highway 443, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In Template:Israel populations it had a population of Template:Israel populations.Template:Israel populations In 2019, a fire destroyed most of Mevo Modi'im and it is currently in the process of reconstruction and expansion.
Establishment
The village was founded as a moshav shitufi in 1975 by Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach,[2] who acquired it from Poalei Agudat Yisrael where he had family connections. Rabbi Carlebach lived there in the later years of his life.[3] Some of the residents came to the village as a group from Jerusalem, following the direction of Carlebach. Many came from or through the former "The House of Love and Prayer" which was first established in San Francisco, and later in Jerusalem.
Description
At its center, the village has a hand-painted and ornately decorated main synagogue, painted by Yitzchak Ben Yehudah.
On an uninhabited hill at the moshav center there are remains of an ancient settlement. The remains of a monastery from the Byzantine period were found as well as a mosaic floor that has been preserved almost in its entirety. Next to the remains moshav residents built a new pavilion in memory of Esh Kodesh Gilmore who was killed in a terrorist attack on 30 October 2000.[4][5]
Fire and rebuilding
On May 23, 2019 a large fire destroyed most of Mevo Modi'im - forty out of fifty homes.[6][7][8] A Fire Services investigation concluded it was started in multiple locations, raising suspicion of arson.[9] A year after the fire most of the residents were still homeless.[10] In 2020 the residents made a land settlement with authorities.[11] Public contracts for the construction of 112 residential units were engaged in 2021.[12]
See also
References
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- ↑ Bar Peleg, Aaron Rabinowitz: Emergency Forces Battle Wildfires for Second Day as Heatwave Intensifies, Haaretz, 24.05.2019
- ↑ Authorities suspect arson behind fire that gutted central Israel village
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