Midrakh Oz

"Midrakh Oz" inspired by a passage in the Song of Deborah (Book of Judges 5:21).{{cite web|title=מידרך עוז [Midrakh Oz]|url=http://www.mapa.co.il/%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%94/%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7%94/3950|publisher=Mapa|accessdate=30 June 2016}}

The brook Kishon swept them away, that ancient brook, the brook Kishon. O my soul, tread them down with strength.

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The moshav is located in a valley called "Mansi Valley",[http://maarachot.idf.il/PDF/FILES/5/109335.pdf Repelling the Arab Liberation Army from Mishmar HaEmek], Dr. Elhanan Oren part of the larger Jezreel Valley, near Manasseh Park and is surrounded by green hills of the Plain of Manasseh. It is at an attitude of 128 meters above sea level, 7 km south-east of Yokneam Illit. The moshav lies on Highway 66, which is connected to Highway 65 through nearby Megiddo Junction, connecting the moshav to Haifa and Afula.

In 1951, a Ma'abara was built named "Ma'abarat Mansi" and was populated by Jewish immigrants from Yemen. The origins of the families who arrived can be traced in twelve villages and towns in Yemen's central and southwestern regions, with the large majority from five villages south of Yemen's capital Sana'a.{{cite book|last1=Brin Ingber|first1=Judith|title=pp. 202|date=2011|publisher=Wayne State University Press |isbn=978-0814333303|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3-a0L0VACWYC&pg=PA202}} Midrakh Oz was built on the lands of depopulated Palestinian villages of Al-MansiKhalidi, 1992, p. 177 and Al-Ghubayya al-Tahta.Khalidi, 1992, p. 161

A year later the Ma'abara was dismantled and on 12 December 1952 Moshav was established, first named "Mansi" and later renamed to "Midrakh Oz".{{cite web|title=Midrakh Oz in Megiddo Regional Council website|url=http://www.megido.org.il/info/yesh/midrach-oz.htm|accessdate=30 June 2016|language=Hebrew|archive-date=24 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070924110151/http://www.megido.org.il/info/yesh/midrach-oz.htm|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Midrakh Oz - Labour Moshav|url=http://tnuathaavoda.info/places/home/places/1169114114.html|publisher=Israeli Labour Movement|accessdate=30 June 2016|language=Hebrew}}

Between 2000 and 2008 Israel had its milk reform and 13,000,000 NIS were invested in the moshav (around 5,000 NIS per cow), about half was provided by the locals.{{cite web|last1=Malul|first1=Yossi|title=Midrakh Oz - Minors who turned into majors|url=http://www.icba.org.il/articles/0345/345.2010.35.pdf|accessdate=28 July 2016}}

An expansion of the moshav was built on one of the nearby hills called Khirbat el Khishash,{{cite web|last1=Getzov|first1=Nimrod|last2=Tepper|first2=Yotam|last3=Ktalav|first3=Inbar|title=Midrakh 'Oz, Khirbat el-Khishash|url=http://www.hadashot-esi.org.il/report_detail_eng.aspx?id=905&mag_id=114|publisher=Israel Antiquities Authority|accessdate=28 July 2016}} at the foot of the Menashe Heights overlooking the Jezreel Valley and the first stage was completed in 2008 with 83 residential units.

All of Midrakh Oz's food productions are members of a local agricultural association called "Oz Dganim". All members pay member's fee and take full responsibility for running the foods center.

Midrakh Oz's dairy farming is considered one of the prominent in Israel, with an annual production of 13.5 million litres of milk. Until the 90s there were 48 milk producers in 46 dairies and after Israel's milk reform, 31 milk producers were left in 26 dairies. Prior to the reform, the dairy farming caused pollution inside the moshav and each cow received on average only 5 m2. The reform improved the environmental condition and each cow received 18 m2 on average. Today most of the work is done by foreign workers.

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• {{cite book|last1=Brin Ingber|first1=Judith|title=Seeing Israeli and Jewish dance|date=2011|publisher=Detroit : Wayne State University Press|isbn=978-0814333303|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3-a0L0VACWYC&pg=PA202|accessdate=30 June 2016}}
• {{cite book|title=All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ |first1=Walid|last1=Khalidi|authorlink=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=Washington D.C.|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies|isbn=0-88728-224-5}}

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Category:Moshavim

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