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Bat Ayin is an Israeli settlement
Israeli settlement

Israeli settlements are communities inhabited by Israelis in territory that was captured during the 1967 Six-Day War. Such settlements currently exist in the West Bank, which is partially under Israeli military administration and partially under the control of the Palestinian National Authority, and in the Golan Heights, which are under Isr...
 and communal settlement
Communal settlement (Israel)

A communal settlement in Israel is type of cooperative community that in contrast to a kibbutz or a moshav involves no economic cooperation between the residents....
 in Gush Etzion
Gush Etzion

Gush Etzion refers to a group of Jewish villages established from the 1920s south of Jerusalem on the northern part of Mount Hebron in the southern West Bank, and destroyed during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War....
, on the edge of the Judean hills and the Shephelah
Shephelah

The Shephelah is a designation usually applied to the region in south-central Israel of 10-15 km of low hills between the central Mount Hebron and the coastal plains of Philistia within the area of the Judea, at an altitude of 120-450 metres above sea level....
, inhabited primarily by baal teshuvah religious-zionist
Religious Zionism

Religious Zionism, or the Religious Zionist Movement is an ideology that combines Zionism and religious Judaism, basing Zionism on the principles of Torah, Talmud et al and authentic heritage....
 Jews who adhere to Chassidic philosophy that combines spiritual religious life with organic agriculture. Bat Ayin was established in 1989 and its population as of 2005 has topped 1000. Bat Ayin is home to the Bat Ayin Yeshiva
Yeshiva

Yeshiva or yeshivah , or metivta or mesivta ) also frequently referred to as a Beth midrash, Talmudical Academy, Rabbinical Academy or Rabbinical School is an institution unique to classical Judaism for Torah study, the study of Talmud, Rabbinic literature and History of responsa....
, an institution of advanced Jewish learning for men, and Midreshet B'erot Bat Ayin, a women's learning program.






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Bat Ayin is an Israeli settlement
Israeli settlement

Israeli settlements are communities inhabited by Israelis in territory that was captured during the 1967 Six-Day War. Such settlements currently exist in the West Bank, which is partially under Israeli military administration and partially under the control of the Palestinian National Authority, and in the Golan Heights, which are under Isr...
 and communal settlement
Communal settlement (Israel)

A communal settlement in Israel is type of cooperative community that in contrast to a kibbutz or a moshav involves no economic cooperation between the residents....
 in Gush Etzion
Gush Etzion

Gush Etzion refers to a group of Jewish villages established from the 1920s south of Jerusalem on the northern part of Mount Hebron in the southern West Bank, and destroyed during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War....
, on the edge of the Judean hills and the Shephelah
Shephelah

The Shephelah is a designation usually applied to the region in south-central Israel of 10-15 km of low hills between the central Mount Hebron and the coastal plains of Philistia within the area of the Judea, at an altitude of 120-450 metres above sea level....
, inhabited primarily by baal teshuvah religious-zionist
Religious Zionism

Religious Zionism, or the Religious Zionist Movement is an ideology that combines Zionism and religious Judaism, basing Zionism on the principles of Torah, Talmud et al and authentic heritage....
 Jews who adhere to Chassidic philosophy that combines spiritual religious life with organic agriculture. Bat Ayin was established in 1989 and its population as of 2005 has topped 1000. Bat Ayin is home to the Bat Ayin Yeshiva
Yeshiva

Yeshiva or yeshivah , or metivta or mesivta ) also frequently referred to as a Beth midrash, Talmudical Academy, Rabbinical Academy or Rabbinical School is an institution unique to classical Judaism for Torah study, the study of Talmud, Rabbinic literature and History of responsa....
, an institution of advanced Jewish learning for men, and Midreshet B'erot Bat Ayin, a women's learning program. The two institutions are independent. The men's Yeshiva is associated with the modern-orthodox
Modern Orthodox Judaism

Modern Orthodox Judaism is a movement within Orthodox Judaism that attempts to synthesize halakha and Jewish principles of faith with the secular, modern world....
 Religious Zionist
Religious Zionism

Religious Zionism, or the Religious Zionist Movement is an ideology that combines Zionism and religious Judaism, basing Zionism on the principles of Torah, Talmud et al and authentic heritage....
 movement as well as with the teachings of the Breslov
Breslov (Hasidic dynasty)

Breslov is a branch of Hasidic Judaism founded by Rebbe Nachman of Breslov a great-grandson of the Baal Shem Tov, founder of Hasidism. Its adherents strive to develop an intense, joyous relationship with Names of God in Judaism and receive guidance toward this goal from the teachings of Rebbe Nachman....
 and Chabad
Chabad

*Chabad is an acronym for Chochmah, Binah, and Da'at, the three levels of Sefirot related to cognition according to the Kabbalah.*Chabad-Strashelye, Strashelye is a branch of the Chabad school of Hasidic Judaism....
 Hasidic dynasties. The women's Program is more traditional and not limited to one particular form of Hassidisim. Students are encouraged to develop their textual skills and express their creativity in biblio-drama, dance, creative writing, art and music. Picking wild herbs, working the land and preparing wholesome meals are integral to the learning process.

The particular brand of Bat Ayin Orthodoxy has been called Chavakuk (in Hebrew, ????"?), an acronym that stands for Chabad
Chabad-Lubavitch

Chabad-Lubavitch is one of the largest Hasidic Judaism movements in Orthodox Judaism, and is based in the Crown Heights, Brooklyn neighborhood of Brooklyn....
, Breslov, Carlebach
Shlomo Carlebach

Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach was a Jewish religious teacher, composer, and singer who was known as "The Singing Rabbi" during his lifetime. Although his roots lay in traditional Orthodox Judaism yeshiva, he branched out to create his own movement combining Hasidic Judaism-style warmth and personal interaction, public concerts, and song-filled sy...
, and Kuk
Zvi Yehuda Kook

Zvi Yehuda Kook was a rabbi, leader of Religious Zionism and Rosh Yeshiva of the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva. He was the son of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, and named in honor of his father's mentor, Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin, also known as the Netziv....
, the four main influences on the Neo-Chassidic culture of the village. Proscriptions on dress, hair covering, and lifestyle (according to Orthodox halakha
Halakha

Halakha ? also Hebrew transliteration Halocho and Halacha ? is the collective body of Judaism religious law, including biblical law and later talmudic and rabbinic law, as well as customs and traditions....
) are conditions for joining and staying on the settlement (for example, married women must cover their hair). Although residents adhere to these communal dictates of religious piety, they are also known for their counter-cultural
Counterculture

Counterculture is a Sociology term used to describe the values and norms of behavior of a cultural group, or subculture, that run counter to those of the social mainstream of the day, the cultural equivalent of political opposition....
 practices such as organic farming
Organic farming

Organic farming is a form of agriculture that relies on crop rotation, green manure, compost, biological pest control, and mechanical cultivation to maintain soil productivity and control pest s, excluding or strictly limiting the use of synthetic fertilizers and synthetic pesticides, plant growth regulators, livestock feed additives, and gen...
 and holistic medicine.

Murder of Bat Ayin Resident

On February 25, 2007, Erez Levanon, 42 a resident of Bat Ayin was found killed by multiple stab wounds. His body was found just down the hill from the settlement in a secluded location where he would frequently pray. Security officials arrested two Palestinian teenagers from Khirbet Safa
Khirbet Safa

Khirbet Safa is a Palestinian village located twelve kilometers north-west of Hebron.The village is in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank....
 who admitted guilt in connection with the brutal murder, in the close by village of Beit Ummar
Beit Ummar

Beit Ummar is a Palestinian town located eleven kilometers northwest of Hebron in the Hebron Governorate of the southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, in mid-year 2006, the town had a population of 12,660 inhabitants....
.

External links

  • (PBS documentary on the Israeli radical right, including interviews with members of the Bat Ayin cell)


Further reading

  • Push to commute Jewish terror sentences