Beit Meir Explained

Beit Meir
Arname:	بيت مئير
Foundation:	1950
District:	jerusalem
Council:	Mateh Yehuda
Affiliation:	Hapoel HaMizrachi
Pushpin Map:	Israel jerusalem#Israel
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Coordinates:	31.7939°N 35.0372°W

Beit Meir (Hebrew: בֵּית מֵאִיר, lit. House of Meir) is a religious moshav in central Israel. Located in the Jerusalem hills around nine miles from Jerusalem, just off the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In it had a population of .

History

The moshav was established on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Bayt Mahsir in 1950,^[1] and was named after Rabbi Meir Bar-Ilan.^[2]

Landmarks

• Masrek Nature Reserve^[3]
• Yeshivat Ohr Yerushalayim, a yeshiva for American post high-school students headed in the past by Rabbi D. Schecter^[4] and as of 2024 by Rabbi Noach Victor.^[5]

External links

• Hamasrek winery

Notes and References

1. Book: Morris, Benny . Benny Morris

   . The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Benny Morris . 2004 . 978-0-521-00967-6 . Cambridge University Press. xxi.

2. http://www.jewishagency.org/leaders/content/25972 Meir Bar-Ilan (1880-1949)
3. https://kkl-jnf.org/hiking_and_walking_tracks/masrek-nature-reserve/ "From Shoeva Junction to the Masrek Nature Reserve"
4. Web site: Yeshivat Ohr Yerushalayim . 2007-12-19 . 2008-11-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081121092948/http://www.ohryerushalayim.org.il/ . dead .
5. https://www.ohryerushalayim.com/rebbeim Official website: "Rebbeim" (faculty)