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'''Peduel''' ({{lang-he|'''פדואל'''}}), is an [[Israeli settlement]] located on the western edge of the |
'''Peduel''' ({{lang-he|'''פדואל'''}}), is an [[Israeli settlement]] located on the western edge of the northern [[West Bank]], about 25 km east of [[Tel Aviv]]. The town, under the administrative municipal government of the [[Shomron Regional Council]], is adjacent to [[Alei Zahav]] and [[Bruchin]]. The [[Shilo (stream)|Shilo Stream]] passes to the south, and the [[Shilo Stream Nature Preserve]] borders Peduel on the north and west. |
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==History== |
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Revision as of 12:38, 17 February 2009
Peduel (Hebrew: פדואל), is an Israeli settlement located on the western edge of the northern West Bank, about 25 km east of Tel Aviv. The town, under the administrative municipal government of the Shomron Regional Council, is adjacent to Alei Zahav and Bruchin. The Shilo Stream passes to the south, and the Shilo Stream Nature Preserve borders Peduel on the north and west.
History
Founded in 1984 on state lands by a group of Orthodox Jewish Israelis from Yeshivat Har Etzion in Alon Shvut with help from Amana, the yishuv is now home to about 155 families. The town's name is symbolic and is derived from the bible: "And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion" (Isaiah 35,10 and 51,11). The word ransomed in hebrew is "Peduyim", and Pduel means "ransomed by God".
Education
There are many institutions located on the settlement: a nursery, three kindergartens, an elementary school, a talmud torah, and the combined pre-army and hesder Eretz Hatzvi yeshiva.