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Mesilat Zion ( , lit. Track of Zion, (or 'highway' as it is translated in the Bible) is a moshav in central Israel .1 Located near Beit Shemesh with an area of 1,000 dunams , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council . In 2006 it had a population of 764.2The moshav was established as a work village in 1950 by immigrants from Yemen . After a few years the founders left and were replaced by Cochin Jews . The name of the village is symbolic, as it is located near the Burma Road . It symbolizes the breaking of the siege over Jerusalem during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War , it is based on verses from the book of Isaiah, chapter 62, "For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest....Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people....Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation comes." Isaiah 62:1–113
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Place in Israel Mesilat Zion ( , lit. Track of Zion) is a moshav in central Israel . Located near Beit Shemesh with an area of 1,000 dunams , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council . In 2006 it had a population of 764. The moshav was established as a work village in 1950 by immigrants from Yemen . After a few years the founders left and were replaced by Cochin Jews . It was named after the Burma Road , which led to Jerusalem ( Zion ) during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War . The Jerusalem Culinary Institute (JCI) founded in 2001 by chef Yochanan Lambiase is located in Mesilat Zion.
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Track of Zion) is a moshav in central Israel . Located near Beit Shemesh with an area of 1,000 dunams , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council . In 2024 it had a population of 942.Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .
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Place in Jerusalem, Israel Mesilat Zion ( ) is a moshav in central Israel . Located near Beit Shemesh with an area of 1,000 dunams , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council . In 2024 it had a population of 942. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .
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Place in Jerusalem, Israel Mesilat Zion ( Hebrew : מסילת ציון , lit. ' Highway of Zion ' ) is a moshav in central Israel . Located near Beit Shemesh with an area of 1,000 dunams , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council . In 2024 it had a population of 942. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .
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