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Beit Rimon

Coordinates: 32°46′55″N 35°19′47″E / 32.78194°N 35.32972°E / 32.78194; 35.32972
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Beit Rimon
בית רימון
Beit Rimon is located in Jezreel Valley region of Israel
Beit Rimon
Beit Rimon
Beit Rimon is located in Israel
Beit Rimon
Beit Rimon
Coordinates: 32°46′55″N 35°19′47″E / 32.78194°N 35.32972°E / 32.78194; 35.32972
Country Israel
DistrictNorthern
CouncilLower Galilee
AffiliationReligious Kibbutz Movement
Founded1977
Founded byNahal
Population
 (2022)
982[1]
Websitewww.bet-rimon.co.il

Beit Rimon (Hebrew: בֵּית רִמּוֹן, lit. House of the Pomegranate) is a kibbutz located in the Lower Galilee Regional Council in Israel. It consists of a core kibbutz and a residential expansion. It is located in the Lower Galilee on a ridge of Mount Tur'an at a height of 400 meters above sea level. As of 2022 it had a population of 982.[1]

Etymology

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It is named after the Biblical Rimon (pomegranate in Hebrew) in the lands of the Tribe of Zebulun (Joshua 19:13), which "is identified with er-Rumane" at today's Arab village of Rumana, 2 km to the west.[2]

History

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Beit Rimon was first settled in 1977 as a Nahal settlement. In 1979, a group of British immigrants joined the Nahal group and established a kibbutz at the site, affiliated with the Religious Kibbutz Movement.[3]

The kibbutz operates one of the largest dairy farms in the country, a chicken coop and a factory for agricultural and gardening tools. It also cultivates olives and field crops.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ Negev, Avraham; Gibson, Shimon (2001). Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land (3rd, revised, illustrated ed.). London: Continuum Publishing. p. 436. ISBN 9780826413161.
  3. ^ Nefesh B'Nefesh, Beit Rimon
  4. ^ Nefesh B'Nefesh, Beit Rimon
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