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Megadim (, ''lit.'' Precious) is a
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 northern
Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...
. Located on the
Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern ...
coast near
Atlit Atlit or Athlit may refer to: Places * Atlit, an historical fortified town in Israel, also known as Château Pèlerin * Atlit (modern town), a nearby town in Israel Media *Athlit (album), ''Athlit'' (album), an ambient music album by Oöphoi *Atli ...
and Highway 4, about 12 kilometres south of
Haifa Haifa ( ; , ; ) is the List of cities in Israel, third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropolitan area i ...
, it falls under the jurisdiction of
Hof HaCarmel Regional Council Hof HaCarmel Regional Council (, ''Mo'atza Azorit Hof ha-Karmel'', ''lit.'' Carmel Coast Regional Council) is a regional council located in the northern Israeli coastal plain. The council serves a large area, stretching from Tirat HaCarmel in the ...
. In it had a population of .


History

It was founded in 1949 by Jewish immigrants and refugees from
Maghreb The Maghreb (; ), also known as the Arab Maghreb () and Northwest Africa, is the western part of the Arab world. The region comprises western and central North Africa, including Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia. The Maghreb al ...
and
Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...
. Its name is a Biblical word, mentioned in Deuteronomy 33:13 : " May the Lord bless this land with the precious dew from heaven above."Bitan, Hanna: ''1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel'', Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p. 37 (Hebrew) and in the
Song of Songs The Song of Songs (), also called the Canticle of Canticles or the Song of Solomon, is a Biblical poetry, biblical poem, one of the five ("scrolls") in the ('writings'), the last section of the Tanakh. Unlike other books in the Hebrew Bible, i ...
4:13;
Thy shoots are a park of pomegranates, with precious fruits; henna with spikenard plants.


Notable people

* Elida Gera (1931-2017), film director, dancer, and choreographer *Rabbi
Shlomo Amar Shlomo Moshe Amar (; ; born April 1, 1948)Gantz, Nesanel. "A Chief Rabbi of the Past and Future". ''Ami (magazine), Ami'', November 5, 2014, pp. 26-27. is the former Chief Rabbinate of Israel, Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel. He served in the po ...
(born 1948), served as Megadim rabbi in 1973


References

{{Authority control Moshavim Populated places established in 1949 Populated places in Haifa District 1949 establishments in Israel Egyptian-Jewish culture in Israel Maghrebi Jewish culture in Israel