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Children from Kibbutz Beit Alfa on Mount Gilboa, circa 1935. Beit Alfa (Hebrew: בֵּית אַלְפָא; also Beit Alpha, Bet Alpha and Bet Alfa) is a kibbutz in the Northern District of Israel, founded in 1922 by immigrants from Poland. [2] Located at the base of the Gilboa ridge, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council ...
Beth Alpha (Hebrew: בית אלפא; Bet Alpha, Bet Alfa) is an ancient former Jewish synagogue, located at the foot of the northern slopes of the Gilboa mountains near Beit She'an, in the Northern District of Israel. [1]
The zodiac mosaic in the 6th century Beit Alfa synagogue. The Beth Alpha Synagogue National Park is located in the kibbutz, not, as many assume, at the adjacent kibbutz with the same name, Beit Alfa. It contains an ancient Byzantine-era synagogue with a mosaic floor depicting the lunar Hebrew months as they correspond to the signs of the zodiac.
Typical children from grades 7 through 12 used to be educated at the Gilboa School, which was founded next to Kibbutz Beit Alfa and was run jointly by Mesilot, Reshafim, Nir David and Beit Alfa. In 2005 this school was closed, so the students of Mesilot transferred to the regional school at Neve Eitan.
Gilboa Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית הגלבוע, Mo'atza Azorit (ha)Gilbo'a) 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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Pages in category "Gilboa Regional Council" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. ... Beit Alfa; Beit HaShita; D. Dvora, Israel; E. Ein Harod ...
It is a corridor 18 km long and max. 5 km wide. The exact border between the Harod Valley and the Beit She'an Valley depends on the conventions. For example, according to soil and precipitation parameters, the border is the Sde Nahum - Beit Alfa line, while according to the climate, the border is marked by Kfar Yehezkel.