Hadid

Hadid (Hebrew: חָדִיד‎) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Modi'in, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 875.[1]

This article is about the moshav in Israel. For other uses, see Hadid (disambiguation).
Hadid

חָדִיד‎
Hadid
Coordinates: 31°58′3.72″N 34°56′0.95″E
CountryIsrael
DistrictCentral
CouncilHevel Modi'in
AffiliationHapoel HaMizrachi
Founded1950
Founded byYemenite immigrants
Population
 (2019)[1]
875
Websitewww.hadid.co.il

History

According to the Mishnah, the town of Hadid was encompassed by a wall before the Israelite conquest of Canaan under Joshua.[2]

It is not mentioned in the list of the towns of Benjamin in Joshua 18:21–28 but it is named as a city of the tribe of Benjamin in the Second Temple period.[3][4] In the Hellenistic era it was known as 'Adida; Simon Maccabeus was encamped there during his conflict with the Seleucid general Diodotus Tryphon.[5]

Modern Hadid was founded in 1949 as a kibbutz by Yemenite Jewish immigrants, later joined by immigrants from Romania. In 1950, it was reorganized as a moshav affiliated with the Hapoel HaMizrachi movement.[6] The site was about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the former Palestinian village site and on the land of al-Haditha and the archaeological tel of ancient Hadid (Adida).[7]

Archaeology

In 2008, an archaeological excavation was conducted by Hagit Torgë at Tel Hadid which yielded scant remains and a building from the Iron Age and the early Persian period.[8]

References
  1. "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. The Mishnah, (ed.) Herbert Danby, Arakhin 9:6 (p. 553 - note 13)
  3. Ezra 2,33; Nehemiah 11,34;
  4. Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.179, ISBN 965-220-186-3.
  5. 1 Maccabees 13:13
  6. "Hadid website". Archived from the original on 2015-07-20. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
  7. Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land
  8. IAA Report: Tel Hadid
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