Ayanot
| Ayanot <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />עֲיָנוֹת |
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| District | Central |
| Council | Gan Raveh |
| Founded | 30 March 1930–12 January 1932 |
| Founded by | Ada Maimon |
| Population (2014)[1] | 322 |
| Name meaning | Springs |
| Website | Ayanot.org.il |
Ayanot (Hebrew: <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />עֲיָנוֹת, lit. Fountains) is a youth village in central Israel. Located near Ness Ziona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gan Raveh Regional Council. In 2014 it had a population of 322.
History
The foundation of the village began with the purchase of 140 acres (0.57 km2) of land by Ada Maimon as a girl's training farm [2] in 1926. The village was established on 30 March 1930, though no-one lived on the site until Maimon, ten girls and a guard moved in on 12 January 1932; until then they had lived in nearby Ness Ziona. The village was named after the numerous springs in the area, though other sources claim it is taken from Deuteronomy 8:7;
For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths, springing forth in valleys and hills.[3]
The Jewish National Fund wrote in 1949 that the name is derived from the Arabic.[2]
During World War II, the village became an agricultural school and took in young Holocaust survivors. Today it is home to a boarding school for 180 pupils. A few years ago, the agricultural school opened a miniature horse farm and one of its horses was a runner-up in the 2008 world championship for miniature horses.[4]
In 2010, the village celebrated its 80th anniversary.[4]
References
- ↑ 2014 populations Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
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