Kfar Hasidim
| Kfar Hasidim | |
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  Kfar Hasidim | |
| Coordinates: 32°44′35.52″N 35°5′36.59″E / 32.7432000°N 35.0934972°ECoordinates: 32°44′35.52″N 35°5′36.59″E / 32.7432000°N 35.0934972°E | |
| Council | Zevulun |
| Region | Galilee |
| Founded | 1924 |
| Founded by | Polish immigrants |
Kfar Hasidim (Hebrew: כְּפַר חֲסִידִים, lit. Village of Hasidim), also known as Kfar Hasidim Alef to distinguish it from Kfar Hasidim Bet, is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Kiryat Ata, it falls under the jurisdiction of Zevulun Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 572.
The village was founded in 1924 by a group of Hasidic immigrants of the Fourth Aliyah who had been preparing in Poland. Although the Hasidic town of Bnei Brak had already been established, this time the aim was to create an agricultural settlement rather than an urban one.
Shlomo Goren, future head of the Military Rabbinate of the Israel Defense Forces and subsequently Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1973 to 1983, was raised in Kfar Hasidim, which his father co-founded.
In 1950 Kfar Hasidim Bet was established nearby by non-agricultural residents of Kfar Hasidim. Today the village is largely national-religious and secular. The Kfar HaNoar HaDati youth village lies adjacent to the moshav.
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