Adirim , a small
moshavMoshav 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) in the
Gilboa Regional CouncilGilboa 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...
.
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Adirim , a small
moshavMoshav 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) in the
Gilboa Regional CouncilGilboa 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...
.
It is situated 6 km. south of
AfulaAfula 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 39,200 at the end of 2007.-History:...
. It was founded on February 20, 1956 by immigrants from
MoroccoMorocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country located in North Africa with a population of nearly 32 million and an area just under . Its capital is Rabat, and its largest city is Casablanca. Morocco has a coast on the Atlantic Ocean that reaches past the Strait of Gibraltar into the...
, the first of the Gush Hever moshavim.
The population is 300 (2002).
Name
It derives its name from the
BibleThe Bible contains the central religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. Modern Judaism generally recognizes a single set of canonical books known as the Tanakh, or Hebrew Bible, as it is written almost entirely in the Hebrew language, with some small portions in Aramaic...
, Shoftim - Chapter 5 verse 25: "Water he requested, (but) milk she gave him: in a
lordly bowl she brought him cream." In Hebrew "Besefel
Adirim"
External links
- Adirim on Google Maps
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