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Place in Jerusalem, Israel
Shoresh
  • שֹׁרֶשׁ, שורש (Hebrew)
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Coordinates: 31°47′48″N 35°3′55″E / 31.79667°N 35.06528°E / 31.79667; 35.06528
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Israel
DistrictJerusalem
CouncilMateh Yehuda
AffiliationHaOved HaTzioni
Founded1948
Founded byEastern European Jewish immigrants
Area
7,500 dunams (7.5 km2; 2.9 sq mi)
Population
(2024)[1]
1,399
 • Density190/km2 (480/sq mi)

Shoresh (Hebrew: שורש, שֹׁרֶשׁ, lit. Root / source) is a moshav shitufi in central Israel. Located five kilometres from Sha'ar HaGai in the Jerusalem corridor, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,399.[1]

History

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On 15 April 1948, the Harel Brigade captured the Arab village of Saris overlooking the highway to Jerusalem. The strategic hilltop position had been used to fire on Jewish vehicles travelling on the road below.[2][citation needed] Later that year, a group of immigrants from Eastern Europe founded a kibbutz on the site, they called him 'Shoresh' after the biblical village of Soris, which was, according to the Septuagint translation of the Book of Joshua, located in the territory of the Tribe of Judah. The biblical name was preserved in the name of the nearby Arab village, Saris.[3] Four years later, it became a moshav. Today Shoresh operates a hotel, conference center and banquet hall.

In July 1995, a fire destroyed the moshav's poultry and orchard industries, damaged the hotel, and left over half the moshav members homeless.[4]

Notable residents

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  2. ^ The capture of Saris Palmach Information Centre
  3. ^ Hareuveni, Imanuel (2010). Eretz Israel Lexicon (in Hebrew). Israel: Matach. p. 930.
  4. ^ Moshav Shoresh: After the Fire The Jerusalem Post, 24 July 1995