Kfar Hasidim also known as Kfar Hasidim Alef to distinguish it from Kfar Hasidim Bet

Kfar Hasidim Bet

Kfar Hasidim Bet is a communal settlement in northern Israel. Located near Nesher, it falls under the jurisdiction of Zevulun Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 193....

, is a moshav

Moshav

Moshav is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists during the second aliyah...

 in northern Israel

Israel

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. Located near Kiryat Ata, it falls under the jurisdiction of Zevulun Regional Council

Zevulun Regional Council

Zevulun Regional Council is a regional council in the Haifa District of Israel. Founded in 1950, it had a population of 10,900 in 2006.The council borders Mateh Asher Regional Council to the north, Jezreel Valley Regional Council and Shefa-'Amr to the east, Carmel Nature Reserve national park and...

. In 2006 it had a population of 572.

The village was founded in 1924 by a group of Hasidic

Hasidic Judaism

Hasidic Judaism or Hasidism, from the Hebrew —Ḥasidut in Sephardi, Chasidus in Ashkenazi, meaning "piety" , is a branch of Orthodox Judaism that promotes spirituality and joy through the popularisation and internalisation of Jewish mysticism as the fundamental aspects of the Jewish faith...

 immigrants

Aliyah

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 of the Fourth Aliyah

Fourth Aliyah

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 who had been preparing in Poland

Poland

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. 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

Shlomo Goren

Shlomo Goren , was an Orthodox Religious Zionist rabbi in Israel who founded and served as the first head of the Military Rabbinate of the Israel Defense Forces and subsequently as the third Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1973 to 1983.He served in the Israel Defense Forces during three wars,...

, 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

Kfar Hasidim Bet

Kfar Hasidim Bet is a communal settlement in northern Israel. Located near Nesher, it falls under the jurisdiction of Zevulun Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 193....

 was established nearby by non-agricultural residents of Kfar Hasidim. Today the village is largely national-religious and secular. The Kfar HaNoar HaDati

Kfar HaNoar HaDati

Kfar HaNoar HaDati is a youth village in northern Israel. Adjacent to Kfar Hassidim, it falls under the jurisdiction of Zevulun Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 576....

youth village lies adjacent to the moshav.