Beit Meir

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Beit Meir (Hebrew: בית מאיר‎) is a religious Zionist moshav in Israel in the Jerusalem hills, under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council.

Predominantly an Ashkenazi moshav, there are a number of Sephardic families residing on the moshav. The members predominantly wear 'kipah s'rugah' (knitted yarmulke), although there are a number of "black hat" and chassidic families.

The moshav was named after Rabbi Meir Bar-Ilan, who was born in Volozhin, Russia, the son of the Netziv (Rabbi Naphtali Zevi Judah Berlin), one of the greatest sages to emerge in the course of Jewish history.

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[edit] Geography

The moshav is situated in the Jerusalem Hills, approximately nine miles from Jerusalem, just off the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway and off Route 38.

Beit Meir is close to the Hamasrek Nature Reserve.

[edit] Economics

Hamasrek winery is a kosher boutique winery located in Beit Meir, founded in 2000. The winery is owned by the sons of the Greengrass family who are third generation in Beit Meir. They converted the third-generation family poultry business into a winemaking and bottling plant in 1999.

The winery produces Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chardonnay and Gewürztraminer. The vineyards are located in the hills around Yerushalayim but the production takes place in Beit Meir. The winery produces over 2,000 cases of wine per year.

The moshav has chicken coops.

Beit Meir Warehouses offers storage facilities, with three warehouses.