Adirim
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Adirim a small moshav
Moshav
Moshav is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists during the second aliyah...

 (communal agriculture settlement) located within the jurisdiction of the Gilboa Regional Council
Gilboa Regional Council
Gilboa Regional Council is a regional council in northern Israel, located on the slopes of the Gilboa mountain range. There are more than 22,000 residents in 38 settlements as of 2007...

 adjacent to Barak
Barak, Israel
Barak is a moshav in northern Israel in the Ta'anakh region. It belongs to the Gilboa Regional Council.The moshav was founded in 1956 by immigrants to Israel from Morocco as part of the program to settle the Ta'anakh region....

 and Dvora
Dvora, Israel
Devorah is a moshav in the Ta'anakh region, near Afula, in northern Israel. It belongs to the Gilboa Regional Council.It was founded in 1956 by immigrants to Israel from Morocco in the program to inhabit the Ta'anakh region....

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It is situated 6 km. south of Afula
Afula
Afula is a city in the North District of Israel, often known as the "Capital of the Valley", referring to the Jezreel Valley. The city had a population of 40,500 at the end of 2009.-History:...

. It was founded on February 20, 1956 by immigrants from Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

, the first of the Gush Hever moshavim.

The population is 300 (2002).

Name

Adirim derives its name from the Bible
Bible
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; "Water he requested, (but) milk she gave him: in a lordly bowl she brought him cream." Adirim is also mentioned in : "Then down marched the remnant of the nobles." It commemorates the warriors of the nearby battle, led by Biblical Deborah, and the Israeli soldiers who fought nearby in the War of Independence
1948 Arab-Israeli War
The 1948 Arab–Israeli War, known to Israelis as the War of Independence or War of Liberation The war commenced after the termination of the British Mandate for Palestine and the creation of an independent Israel at midnight on 14 May 1948 when, following a period of civil war, Arab armies invaded...

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External links

  • Adirim on Google Maps
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