Beyt Hillel
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Beit Hillel בֵּית הִלֵּל |
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| Coordinates: 33°12′27″N 35°36′20.51″E / 33.20750°N 35.6056972°ECoordinates: 33°12′27″N 35°36′20.51″E / 33.20750°N 35.6056972°E | |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Mevo'ot HaHermon |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 1940 |
| Population (2015) | 765 |
Beit Hillel (Hebrew: בֵּית הִלֵּל) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located on the west bank of the Hasbani River, about 5 kilometres from Kiryat Shmona, its 3,500 dunams fall under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 765.
The moshav was founded in 1940 as one of the Ussishkin fortresses by a mixed group of immigrants from Europe and native Sabras, for workers in the settlements in the Upper Galilee. It was named after Hillel Yaffe, a doctor who immigrated to Mandatory Palestine during the Second Aliyah. Although it was abandoned after several years, it was resettled by retired soldiers in 1949. During the Independence War in 1948, Beit Hilel was temporarily abandoned due to the battles in the area. At that time, the village had a population of 98 and settled on an area of 1085 dunams (1,085 square kilometers).
Permanent settlement was resumed in 1950. The new inhabitants of Beit Hilel were mainly Jews from Europe who survived the Holocaust.
Today the inhabitants of the moshav make their livelihood from agriculture, breeding cows and tourism. The moshav is considered especially attractive for tourists in northern Israel, mainly because of its location in Upper Galilee between the kibbutzim of Kfar Blum and HaGoshrim and near the Hasbani.
It lies at an altitude of 85 meters in the northernmost tip of Upper Galilee in the Hula valley at the top of the Jordan River.
The village is located about 3 kilometers east of the town of Kiryat Shmona, about 147 kilometers northeast of Tel Aviv's center and about 72 kilometers northeast of Haifa's center. Beit Hillel is inhabited mainly by Jews, and the settlement in this region is almost entirely Jewish.
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