Beit Zera
בֵּית זֶרַע | |
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| Coordinates: 32°41′20″N 35°34′24″E / 32.68889°N 35.57333°E | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Emek HaYarden |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | September 1927 |
| Founded by | Austrian-Jewish and German-Jewish immigrants |
| Population (2022)[1] | 624 |
| Website | www |
Beit Zera (Hebrew: בֵּית זֶרַע, lit. "House of Seed")[2] is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located on the southern shore of the Sea of Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council. As of 2022 it had a population of 624.[1]
- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Etan Bloom (2011). Arthur Ruppin and the Production of Pre-Israeli Culture. Studies in Jewish History and Culture (31). Leiden: Brill. p. 206. ISBN 978-90-04-20379-2. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
As the number of members in the first Degania increased, they decided to divide the group and its lands into two groups and established Degania B. Later they established a third group, Degania C (degania gimel), which later became Kibbutz Beit Zera (meaning in Hebrew: the house of seed/semen). (Footnote 247, p 206)