Hemdat or Chemdat (; Hebrew: חמדת) is a village and Israeli settlement located in the Jordan River Valley on a plain at an altitude of 178 metres along the Allon Road in the municipal jurisdiction of the Biq'at Hayarden Regional Council. Israeli settlements are communities inhabited by Israelis in territory that was captured as a result of Jordanian attacks during the 1967 Six-Day War. This article is about the Jordan River and its valley in western Asia The Allon Road is the name commonly given by Israelis to routes #578 #508 and #458 in the West Bank, running roughly north-south between Mehola in the Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council (מועצה אזורית בקעת הירדן lit Other villages in the area are Ro'i, Beqa'ot. The closet city, Bet Shean, is a thirty minute drive north of Hemdat. (בֵּית שְׁאָן بيسان Bayt Šān or بيسان, Beisan or Bisan) is a city in the North District of Israel
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History
Hemdat was first established in 1979 as a pioneer Nahal military outpost that was soon thereafter demilitarized and turned into a kibbutz when turned over to residential purposes to a group of pioneers from Hashomer Hatzair and Israel Boy and Girl Scouts Federation. Nahal (נח"ל an acronym for Noar Halutzi Lohem, lit Fighting Pioneer Youth) is an Israel Defense Forces infantry brigade A kibbutz ( Hebrew: קיבוץ קִבּוּץ lit "gathering clustering" plural kibbutzim) is a collective community in Hashomer Hatzair (השומר הצעיר also transliterated Hashomer Hatsair or HaShomer HaTzair, translating as The Youth Guard) is a Socialist The Israel Boy and Girl Scouts Federation (התאחדות הצופים והצופות בישראל Hitachdut HaTzofim VeHaTzofot BeYisrael) is Israel's national scouting Due to the harsh living conditions of the valley (intense heat, distant location) and other obstacles, this group abandoned the kibbutz and the village was returned back to the Israel Defence Forces Nahal brigade. The Israel Defense Forces ( IDF) (צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, lit In 1997, a new group organized by the Amana settlement organization rose to the challenge and moved to resettle Hemdat. This group was made up of students at the Bnei David pre-military yeshiva academy in Eli and one family named Shitrit. Yeshiva or yeshivah (jəʃi'və ( Hebrew: ישיבה "sitting (n
Education
Three months after the re-founding of the village, a religious pre-military academy was established called Hemdat Yehuda. Orthodox Judaism is the formulation of Judaism that adheres to a relatively strict interpretation and application of the laws and ethics first canonized
Other educational institutions include a nursery school and a kindergarten. A nursery school is a school for children between the ages of three and five staffed by qualified teachers and other professionals who encourage and supervise educational play rather than ( German, literally means "children's garden" is a form of education for young children which serves as a transition from home to the commencement of more formal schooling Young children learn at the elementary school on the Sde Eliyahu kibbutz. See also Primary education A primary school (from French école primaire) is an institution where children receive the first stage of Compulsory Sde Eliyahu (שדה אליהו lit Eliyahu Field) is a religious Kibbutz in northern Israel. A kibbutz ( Hebrew: קיבוץ קִבּוּץ lit "gathering clustering" plural kibbutzim) is a collective community in The older youth learn at the Sde Eliyahu High School, and other institutions in the area and elsewhere. High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution
Population
Hemdat does not have a homogeneous population and it is made up of a mixed group of families from different Jewish ethnic backgrounds and locations in Israel. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. There is one central synagogue that serves the village, as well as religious services at the academy. Hemdat is currently looking for a local chief rabbi.
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