Or HaNer
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| Coordinates: 31°33′27″N 34°36′7.19″E / 31.55750°N 34.6019972°ECoordinates: 31°33′27″N 34°36′7.19″E / 31.55750°N 34.6019972°E | |
| District | Southern |
| Council | Sha'ar HaNegev |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 1957 |
| Founded by | Former Giv'ot Zaid residents and Argentine immigrants |
| Population (2015)[1] | 708 |
Or HaNer (Hebrew: אוֹר הַנֵּר, lit. Light of the Candle) is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located near Sderot, it fall under the jurisdiction of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 708.
Etymology
Its name is taken from the Sanhedrin tractate of the Babylonian Talmud.[2]
History
The village was established in 1955–57 as a farm belonging to the Yitzur UFitu'ah company. The founders were from the gar'in of the Gordoniya, Dror and HeHalutz movements, most of whom were immigrants from Argentina and Chile. Many of them originally came from the kibbutz Giv'ot Zaid.[2]
The village is founded on the land belonging to the depopulated Arab village of Najd, northeast of the Najd village site.[3]
References
- ↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- 1 2 HaReuveni, Immanuel (1999). Lexicon of the Land of Israel (in Hebrew). Miskal Yedioth Ahronoth Books. p. 23. ISBN 965-448-413-7.
- ↑ Walid Khalidi (1992) All That Remains, p128
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