District Northern Founded by Bnei Akiva members Founded 1946 | Council Valley of Springs Population (2015) 609 Local time Tuesday 7:41 PM | |
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Affiliation Religious Kibbutz Movement Weather 16°C, Wind W at 5 km/h, 80% Humidity | ||
Ein HaNetziv (Hebrew: עֵין הַנְּצִי"ב, lit. Spring of the Netziv) is a kibbutz in the Beit She'an Valley in northern Israel. Located about three kilometers south of the ancient city of Beit She'an, it is 130 meters below sea level and falls under the jurisdiction of Valley of Springs Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 609.
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Map of Ein HaNatziv, Israel
Etymology
The name derives from the initials of Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin, the "Netziv of Volozhin" (1816 – 1893), who was one of the greatest rabbis of Russia at the end of the 19th century.
History
The kibbutz was set up on 17 January 1946 at a place previously known as "el-Wakwaka", by a group of young people of the Bnei Akiva Movement from Germany. In the late 1960s, while preparing the lands for cultivation, members of the kibbutz discovered the now famous Mosaic of Rehob, in the ruins of an ancient synagogue.
Economy
The economy of the village today is based on a herd of about a thousand cattle, extensive orchards of date palms and olive trees, cereal crops and a plastics factory, Palziv, which exports all over the world. Within the kibbutz there are several educational establishments, including the Midreshet Kibbutz HaDati (the Religious Kibbutz Movement's religious seminary for young women) and an ulpan (intensive study course) for French speakers wishing to convert to Judaism.