Ness Ziona
Ness Ziona
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| Coordinates: 31°56′N 34°48′E / 31.933°N 34.800°ECoordinates: 31°56′N 34°48′E / 31.933°N 34.800°E | ||
| District | Central | |
| Founded | 1883 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | City (from 1992) | |
| • Mayor | Yossi Shvo | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 15,579 dunams (15.579 km2 or 6.015 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015) | ||
| • Total | 46,891 | |
Ness Ziona (Hebrew: נֵס צִיּוֹנָה, Nes Tziyona) is a city in central Israel. In 2015 it had a population of 46,891, and its jurisdiction was 15,579 dunams (15.579 km2).
Lying within Ness Ziona's city bounds is the ruin of an Arab village, formerly known as Ṣarfān (צרפאן), but called in Hebrew Ǧinōt Tzarifīn (Hebrew: גִּינוֹת צָרִיפִין), not to be confused with the IDF base Tzrifin (Hebrew: צְרִיפִין). A story is related in the Babylonian Talmud about Ǧinōt Tzarīfin, that during the time of the Second Temple it was customary to enquire where the first of the barley harvest and wheat harvest (Omer) were reaped when they were brought to the Temple, as it was not permissible to bring them from outside the land of Israel. Once, when the Omer was brought to Jerusalem, they knew not whence it had come. They enquired of a deaf-mute who knew where it had come from and who, mimicking with his hands, pointed to makeshift booths (Heb. "tzarifin"), and pointed to rooftops (Heb. "ğağōth"), the only word that he could find that rhymed with the word "gardens" (ğinōth). The sages, asking if there was such a place called Ǧağōth Tzarīfin (Lit. Rooftops of the booths), were hard-pressed to recall such a place, until at last they remembered that there was a place called Ǧinōt Tzarīfin, and accepted of the man's offering of the Omer.
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