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Kerem Ben Zimra
Place in Northern, Israel From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kerem Ben Zimra (Hebrew: כֶּרֶם בֶּן זִמְרָה) is a moshav in northern Israel. Near Safed in the Upper Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In 2022, it had a population of 535.[1]
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History
The moshav was founded in 1949 by immigrants to Israel from Turkey. Rabbi Meir Yehuda Getz (1924–1995), a kabbalist and the first rabbi of the Western Wall in Jerusalem, was among the founders of the moshav,[2] which was named after Rabbi David Ben Zimra, who was buried with his father Yosef nearby.
New immigrants from Romania and Morocco later joined the moshav.
The moshav is the home of the Rimon Winery.[3]
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Kerem Ben Zimra nature reserve
In 1968, a 68-dunam nature reserve was declared[4] on the land south of the moshav. Flora includes Mt. Atlas mastic trees (terebinth), Valonia oaks, Palestine Oaks, Buckthorns, and Styrax officinalis.[5]
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