Tzora
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Tzora צָרְעָה |
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 Tzora
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| Coordinates: 31°45′51.47″N 34°58′1.91″E / 31.7642972°N 34.9671972°ECoordinates: 31°45′51.47″N 34°58′1.91″E / 31.7642972°N 34.9671972°E | |
| District | Jerusalem |
| Council | Mateh Yehuda |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Founded by | Former Palmach members |
| Population (2015) | 906 |
| Website | www.tzora.co.il |
Tzora (Hebrew: צָרְעָה) is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located about 20 km from Jerusalem, near the city of Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 906.
The kibbutz is named for the biblical village of Tzora, which may have been a Canaanite town. The name was taken from the Biblical Book of Judges (13:25): "And the spirit of the Lord began to move him (Samson) at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol."
The kibbutz was founded in December 1948 by former Palmach members. It is located on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Dayr Aban.
In the 1980s a ham radio club operated under the call 4Z4YJ. In the early 2000s, Tzora underwent a privatization of its communal living structure, with a community tax levied on income and the residual retained as income by members. In April 2008, the kibbutz was fully privatized.
A ritual bath dating back to the Second Temple Period was discovered near Tzora kibbutz during an archaeological excavation conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority in 2011.
View of Zo'ra under construction from the road to Jerusalem
Zor'a construction of first cabins, 1948
Zor'a first buildings 1948
Kibbutz Zor'a during construction
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