Mazor

Mazor מָזוֹר
Council	Hevel Modi'in
Region	Sharon plain
Affiliation	Moshavim Movement
Founded	1949
Founded by	Jewish immigrants from Czechoslovakia and Hungary and native Israelis
Population	1,294

Mazor (Hebrew: מָזוֹר, lit. Cure) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain around three kilometres south-east of Petah Tikva and covering 2,300 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In 2011 it had a population of 1,294.^[1]

History

The moshav was established in 1949 by immigrants from Czechoslovakia and Hungary and by native-born Israelis. It was initially named Mizra Har (Hebrew: מזרע הר‎, lit. Sown Field on a Mountain), but was later renamed Mazor, a name derived from the name of the depopulated Arab village of al-Muzayri'a. Mazor's early days form the subject of a work of historical fiction, Kfar BaSfar ("A Village on the Border") by Gershon Erich Steiner, one of Mazor's founders.^[2]

Mazor was founded on land belonging both to the depopulated Arab village of Rantiya,^[3] and the western land belonging to al-Muzayri'a.^[4]

To the east of the moshav is an archaeological site, which includes a 3rd Century Roman mausoleum. The mausoleum is the only Roman era building in Israel to still stand from its foundations to its roof. A Byzantine-era mozaic floor was found not far from the mausoleum.

Columbarium in Mazor mausoleum

References

1. "Locality File" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2011.
2. About Mazor Homee
3. Khalidi, Walid (1992). All that Remains. Washington DC: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 252. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
4. Khalidi, p399

Coordinates: 32°3′9″N 34°55′33.95″E / 32.05250°N 34.9260972°E