MA'OZ ḤAYYIM

MA'OZ ḤAYYIM
MA'OZ ḤAYYIM (Heb. מָעוֹז חַיִּים), kibbutz in central Israel, in the Beth-Shean Valley near the Jordan River, affiliated to Ha-Kibbutz ha-Me'uḥad. It was founded in 1937 during the 1936–39 Arab riots, as the first stockade and watchtower village east of Beth-Shean, by four groups, three of whom set out a few months later to establish further kibbutz outposts: kefar ruppin , mesillot , and neveh eitan . Most of the founders of Ma'oz Ḥayyim were Israel-born. In the Israel war of independence (1948), the kibbutz held an advanced defense position; it again suffered repeated shelling in the period after the six-day war (1967). The kibbutz economy was based on field crops, fruit orchards, carp ponds, dairy cattle, and a factory for packaging materials. Nearby, the Ma'oz Bridge (known in Arabic as Jisr e-Shaikh Husain) spans the Jordan, over what is assumedly the ford used by the Midianites in their flight from Gideon's army; by Pompey in 63 B.C.E.; by the Arab-Muslim army in 635 C.E.; and by Saladin in 1187 when he invaded the country. Today the bridge serves a transit point between Israel and Jordan. The name, "Ḥayyim's Stronghold," commemorates Ḥayyim Sturman , a Ha-Shomer veteran killed by Arabs on a land-purchasing mission in the Beth-Shean Valley. In 2002 the population of Ma'oz Ḥayyim was 596. (Efram Orni / Shaked Gilboa (2nd ed.)

Encyclopedia Judaica. 1971.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • ḤAYYIM BEN BEZALEL — (c. 1520–1588), talmudic scholar. Ḥayyim was born in Posen, and was the eldest of four brothers, all rabbis, the most famous being judah loew b. bezalel of Prague (the Maharal) who mentions him in his responsa (no. 12). Ḥayyim studied first with… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • ḤAYYIM BEN JEHIEL ḤEFEẒ ZAHAV — (13th century), German talmudist. Ḥayyim studied under his father and under samuel of evreux . Many of his responsa are included in the responsa of meir b. baruch of Rothenburg (ed. by M. Bloch, 1895, nos. 188–9, 209, 241, 249, 296–8, 339–41,… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Hayyim ben Joseph Vital — (Calabria, 1543[1] – Damascus, 23 April 1620[2]) was a rabbi in Safed and the foremost disciple of Isaac Luria. He recorded much of his master s teachings. After Vital s death his writings spread having a powerful impact on various circles… …   Wikipedia

  • ḤAYYIM (Eliezer) BEN ISAAC OR ZARU'A — (late 13th century), German rabbi and halakhic authority, called Or Zaru a after the famous work composed by his father, isaac b. moses of Vienna. Ḥayyim was orphaned in his early youth. His principal teacher was Meir b. Baruch of Rothenburg,… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • ḤAYYIM BEN ABRAHAM HA-KOHEN — (c. 1585–1655), kabbalist, born in Aleppo. His ancestors went to Ereẓ Israel after the expulsion from Spain (1492) and later settled in   Aleppo. Ḥayyim was the disciple of Ḥayyim Vital during his last years in Damascus, and he left an… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Hayyim Selig Slonimski — (Polish: Chaim Zelig Słonimski) (1810–1904) was a Hebrew publisher, astronomer, inventor, and science author. Contents …   Wikipedia

  • ḤAYYIM ḤAYKL BEN SAMUEL OF AMDUR — (d. 1787), ḥasidic leader in Lithuania. At first ḥazzan in Karlin, and a teacher in the little town of Amdur (Indura), near Grodno, he was attracted to Ḥasidism through Aaron the Great of karlin . Ḥasidic sources relate that he subjected himself… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • ḤAYYIM PALTIEL BEN JACOB — (late 13th–early 14th century), German talmudic scholar. Ḥayyim Paltiel was a pupil of eliezer of Touques, and also, apparently, of meir b. baruch of Rothenburg. He traveled through the cities of Bohemia and served as rabbi of Magdeburg. His… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • ḤAYYIM (Ben) SHABBETAI — (known as Maharhash – Morenu Ha Rav Ḥayyim Shabbetai; before 1555–1647), rabbi in Salonika. He studied under Aaron Sason, and subsequently became head of the yeshivah of the Shalom community. Many of his pupils became leading authorities such as… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • ḤAYYIM BEN HANANEL HA-KOHEN — (second half of the 12th century), French tosafist. Ḥayyim lived in Paris and was a distinguished disciple and admirer of jacob tam about whom he said that he would have defiled himself (referring to the prohibition against defilement of a kohen… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • ḤAYYIM JUDAH BEN ḤAYYIM — (17th–18th century), talmudist, rabbi of Janina (Ioannina), Greece. Ḥayyim Judah was born in Salonika, where he studied under solomon amarillo , whose daughter he married. Toward the end of his life he emigrated to Jerusalem, where he had many… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”