Dalton (moshav)
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Dalton (pronounced Dal-TONE; Hebrew: דלתון) is a moshav near Safed in northern Israel. It belongs to the Merom HaGalil Regional Council. It was founded by immigrants to Israel from Tripoli, Libya in 1950 under the leadership of Hapoel Hamizrachi.
The name Dalton is preserved from the old Arab village Dalta which was abandoned in 1948. In the moshav is a grave ascribed to Rabbi Yosi Haglili and "Yishmael his son." Residents of the community work in agriculture, including viticulure for wine production, and in tourism by renting village houses to visitors.
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[edit] Mentions of the place
The name "Dalton" is mentioned in Medieval literature and in the Cairo Geniza. In the Geniza there is a portion of a letter sent from Dalton to Egypt which is signed by "Shlomo HaKohen from the city of Dalton, son of Yosef." Also, regarding the wise man Eliyahu HaKohen who died in Tyre in 1963, it is written that all of Israel carried his body on their shoulders to a mountain in the Galilee, to Dalton atop the mountain.[1]
[edit] Rabbi Yosi HaGlili
According to local traditions, Rabbi Yosi HaGlili and his son Yishma'el are buried in Dalton. The editors of a Hebrew book "Holy Places and Graves of Righteous Men in the Land of Israel"[2] believe that Yosi Haglili's son is really Rabbie El'azar, a fourth-generation Tanna, and not Rabbi Yishma'el. The mistake apparently derives from the fact that there was also a Tanna named Rabbi Yishmael ben Rabbi Yose, but he was a fifth-generation Tanna and was not the son of Rabbi Yose Haglili but rather of Rabbi Yose ben Chalafta.
Rabbi Yose Haglili was a third-generation Tanna at the beginning of the 2nd century CE and was one of the scholars of Yavne. He was appointed to lead the four elders who led the yeshiva: Rabbi Tarfon, Rabbi Eliezer, Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya and Rabbi Akiva.
[edit] Synagogue
In a ruin outside the moshav are remnants of an old synagogue. Yosef Breslavi found a doorway and an odd protrusion with a palm spoon. Later a marble pillar was found in the synagogue with an Aramaic inscription which includes text found in other contemporary synagogues. It roughly translates as "The ruler of the world is remembered for good."[3]
[edit] Basalt depression in Dalton
Near the pond in Dalton is a long depression surrounded by hard basalt rocks. The depression is similar to ... - a flow from a secondary explosion sometimes found on the slopes of a volcanic mountain. Sometimes volcanic ash expelled in eruptions covers an area with standing water, creating secondary explosions and flows.
[edit] Dalton winery
Dalton winery is located in the industrial area. The winery produces wines including cabernet sauvignon, merlot, sauvignon blanc and chardonnay.
West of the moshav is a base of the Israeli Air Force from which unmanned aircraft are operated.
[edit] References (Hebrew)
- ^ מקור: זאב וילנאי, מדריך הגליל, הוצאת אחיעבר -ירושלים, , עמ' 323 1980
- ^ Hebrew name: מקומות קדושים וקברי צדיקים בארץ ישראל
- ^ ראו: בתי כנסת קדומים בארץ ישראל, צבי אילן, משרד הביטחון - ההוצאה לאור, 1991; לחקר ארצנו, עבר ושרידים, יוסף ברסלבי, תל אביב, תשי"ד - עמ' 274 - 275; פסיפס ואבן, יוסף נוה, ירושלים, תשל"ח -עמ' 144-146.
This article was translated from the Hebrew Wikipedia on 03:14, 11 May 2008 (UTC).
[edit] Further reading (Hebrew)
- מנחם מיכלסון, יהודה סלומון, משה מילנר, מקומות קדושים וקברי צדיקים בארץ ישראל ,משרד הביטחון - ההוצאה לאור, 1996, עמ' 178-170
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