Hadid

Hadid חָדִיד
Hadid
Coordinates: 31°58′3.72″N 34°56′0.95″E / 31.9677000°N 34.9335972°E / 31.9677000; 34.9335972Coordinates: 31°58′3.72″N 34°56′0.95″E / 31.9677000°N 34.9335972°E / 31.9677000; 34.9335972
Council	Hevel Modi'in
Region	Central Israel
Affiliation	Hapoel HaMizrachi
Founded	1950
Founded by	Yemenite immigrants

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 2006 it had a population of 548.

The village was established in 1950 by the Hapoel HaMizrachi movement, on the land of the Palestinian village al-Haditha. It was named after the Biblical town Hadid within the tribe of Binyamin, believed to have been located about 2km west at Tel Hadid, where al-Haditha stood until 1948.^[1] (Ezra 2,33; Nehemiah 11,34).

References

1. ↑ 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 (English)
   Place Names in Israel. A Compendium of Place Names in Israel compiled from various sources. Translated from Hebrew, Jerusalem 1962 (Israel Prime Minister’s Office. The Israeli Program for Scientific Translations), p.263 (Location of the book: Ben Zvi Institute Library, 12 Abarbanel St., Jerusalem; in the online-catalogue: )
   Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p.23, ISBN 965-220-423-4 (Hebrew)