Bnei Re'em (, ''lit.'' Sons of Re'em) is a religious

moshav A moshav (, plural ', "settlement, village") is a type of Israeli village or town or Jewish settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 and 1 ...

in central

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. Located in the

Shephelah The Shephelah () or Shfela (), or the Judaean Foothills (), is a transitional region of soft-sloping rolling hills in south-central Israel stretching over between the Judaean Mountains and the Coastal Plain. The different use of the term "Jud ...

, it falls under the jurisdiction of Nahal Sorek Regional Council. In it had a population of .

Etymology

The moshav is named for the Gerrer Rebbe, Rabbi Avraham Mordechai Alter. "Re'em" is a

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acronym.

History

Bnei Re'em was established in 1949 by Jewish immigrants from

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and Jewish refugees from

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on the lands of the depopulated

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village of

Al-Masmiyya al-Kabira Al-Masmiyya al-Kabira () was a Palestinian village in the Gaza Subdistrict, located northeast of Gaza. With a land area of 20,687 dunams, the village site (135 dunams) was situated on an elevation of along the coastal plain. It was depopulat ...

. Until a pump was installed that worked on an automated sabbath clock, an Arab family that lived in the area served as a Sabbath Goy.Júlia Todolí Rosana Dolón (2008) ''Analysing Identities in Discourse'', John Benjamins Publishing Company, p102

References

{{Authority control Moshavim Religious Israeli communities Populated places established in 1949 Populated places in Central District (Israel) 1949 establishments in Israel Yemeni-Jewish culture in Israel