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Havatzelet HaSharon

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District
  
Central

Affiliation
  
Agricultural Union

Population (2015)
  
553

Local time
  
Saturday 7:07 AM

Council
  
Hefer Valley

Founded by
  
Polish immigrants

Founded
  
1935

Havatzelet HaSharon

Weather
  
15°C, Wind N at 24 km/h, 69% Humidity

Havatzelet HaSharon (Hebrew: חֲבַצֶּלֶת הַשָּׁרוֹן‎, lit. Lily of the Sharon) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain near Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 553.

Contents

Map of Havatzelet HaSharon, Israel

History

The moshav was founded in 1935 by immigrants from Poland, and was named after Lily Freeman, the wife of Aharon Freeman (for whom Bitan Aharon is named), a leader of the World Zionist Organization in Canada and an advisor to Yehoshua Hankin.

Notable residents

  • Amos Lapidot
  • References

    Havatzelet HaSharon Wikipedia