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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.
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.
Gilboa iris (Iris haynei) In 1976 and 1977, Mount Gilboa was counted to have about 170 plant species, including Pinus halepensis (on the rocky slopes) and Pistacia lentiscus (the shrub layer). [4] Every year from late February until late March the purple Hayne's Iris, known in Hebrew as the Gilboa Iris (Irus ha-Gilboa), blooms on the mountain. [5]
The kibbutz is named after the biblical spring of En Harod, which has become associated with the spring known in Hebrew as Ma'ayan Harod and in Arabic as Ain Jalut.The kibbutz is close to this spring, which was the site of the 1260 Battle of Ain Jalut, the first major Mongol defeat in the Mongol invasion of the Levant.
Ma'ale Gilboa (Hebrew: מעלה גלבוע, lit. 'Gilboa Ascent') is a religious kibbutz located on the summit of Mount Gilboa, on the northeast end of the ridge of the Samarian hills in Israel. Located about 5 km west of Beit She'an, it falls under the jurisdiction of Beit She'an Valley Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 843. [1]
Magen Shaul was founded in 1976 by children of families who lived in other moshavim of the Ta'anakh region. The name "Magen Shaul" is borrowed from the elegy that David proclaimed after Saul died in a battle against the Philistines in the surrounding area. [2]