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Ayanot

Coordinates: 31°54′56.88″N 34°46′5.15″E / 31.9158000°N 34.7680972°E / 31.9158000; 34.7680972
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Ayanot
Etymology: Springs
Ayanot is located in Central Israel
Ayanot
Ayanot
Ayanot is located in Israel
Ayanot
Ayanot
Coordinates: 31°54′56.88″N 34°46′5.15″E / 31.9158000°N 34.7680972°E / 31.9158000; 34.7680972
Country Israel
DistrictCentral
CouncilGan Raveh
Founded30 March 1930–12 January 1932
Founded byAda Maimon
Population
 (2022)[1]
342
Websiteayanot.org.il

Ayanot (Template:Lang-he-n, lit. Fountains) is a youth village in central Israel. Located near Ness Ziona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gan Raveh Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 342.[1]

History

Young people studying at Ayanot, 1948

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 who had succeeded in immigrating. 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

  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b Jewish National Fund (1949). Jewish Villages in Israel. Jerusalem: Hamadpis Liphshitz Press. p. 9.
  3. ^ "Deuteronomy Chapter 8". Mechon Mamre.
  4. ^ a b Noah Kosharek (4 March 2010). "Runner-up in mini-horse tourney becomes a first-time father". Haaretz. Retrieved 27 January 2014.