Mazor
Mazor <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />מָזוֹר |
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Council | Hevel Modi'in |
Region | Sharon plain |
Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
Founded | 1949 |
Founded by | Jewish immigrants from Czechoslovakia and Hungary and native Israelis |
Population | 1,294 |
Mazor (Hebrew: <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />מָזוֹר, lit. Cure) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain around three kilometres south-east of Petah Tikva and covering 2,300 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In 2011 it had a population of 1,294.[1]
History
The moshav was established in 1949 by immigrants from Czechoslovakia and Hungary and by native-born Israelis. It was initially named Mizra Har (Hebrew: מזרע הר, lit. Sown Field on a Mountain), but was later renamed Mazor, a name derived from the name of the depopulated Arab village of al-Muzayri'a. Mazor's early days form the subject of a work of historical fiction, Kfar BaSfar ("A Village on the Border") by Gershon Erich Steiner, one of Mazor's founders.[2]
Mazor was founded on land belonging both to the depopulated Arab village of Rantiya,[3] and the western land belonging to al-Muzayri'a.[4]
To the east of the moshav is an archaeological site, which includes a 3rd Century Roman mausoleum. The mausoleum is the only Roman era building in Israel to still stand from its foundations to its roof. A Byzantine-era mozaic floor was found not far from the mausoleum.[citation needed]
References
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- ↑ About Mazor Homee
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- ↑ Khalidi, p399
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