Aderet
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Aderet, or Adderet (Hebrew: אדרת), is a village in the Judean foothills, in the Adullam region, south of Bet Shemesh, west of Gush Etzion, overlooking the Valley of Elah. The nearest villages are Neve Michael/Roglit and Aviezer. The village is part of the Mateh Yehudah Regional Council.
The name Aderet comes from Ezekiel 17:8, meaning "glorious" in the phrase "glorious vine", a symbol of reborn Israel. The name recalls the viticulture in the area.
North-African immigrants from the Atlas Mountains who arrived in 1963 engaged in poultry farming and other agricultural activities until the late 1980's. Aderet then evolved into a bedroom community for Jerusalem (40 km) and Tel Aviv (65 km), and in 1997, a new neighborhood was built and populated by urban professionals, bringing the population to over 110 families and 400 people. A new building project, starting in late 2006, is now offering seventy additional plots for sale.
There are two kindergartens located on the moshav. School-age children are bused outside the community mostly to either Alon Shvut or Rosh Tzurim. A pre-military mechina, open to both religious and non-religious students, was founded after the year 2000. There are four synagogues in Aderet, and the chief rabbi is Moshe Dadon.
In the vicinity of Aderet are a vineyard and number of archeological sites from the Roman and Byzantine Eras, including the Atari and Midras ruins. The cave of Adullam, famous as a refuge for David during his period of flight from King Saul, is 300 m south of Aderet, and the ancient site of Sokho, now famous for its annual flowering of lupins, is 2 km north.
