Mazor

Mazor מָזוֹר‎ (Hebrew)
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Coordinates: 32°3′9″N 34°55′33.95″E / 32.05250°N 34.9260972°E / 32.05250; 34.9260972
Country	Israel
District	Central
Council	Hevel Modi'in
Affiliation	Moshavim Movement
Founded	1949
Founded by	Jewish immigrants from Czechoslovakia and Hungary and sabras
Population  (2024)[1]	1,115

Mazor (Hebrew: מָזוֹר, lit. 'Cure') is a moshav in the Central District of Israel. Located in the southeastern corner of 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 2024 it had a population of 1,115.^[1]

The moshav was established in 1949 by Jewish 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), a name derived from the name of the nearby depopulated Arab village of Umm-Zara, more commonly known as al-Muzayri'a. The moshav was later renamed Mazor, Hebrew for Remedy, in honor of the medicinal herb factory established there^[2] by the herbalist Mordechai Klein.^[3] Mazor's early days are depicted in a work of historical fiction, Kfar BaSfar ("A Village on the Border") by Gershon Erich Steiner, one of Mazor's founders.^[4]

Mazor was founded on land belonging both to the depopulated Palestinian village of Rantiya,^[5] and the western land belonging to al-Muzayri'a.^[6]

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 mosaic floor was found not far from the mausoleum.^{[citation needed]}

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