Udim
{{Short description|Moshav in central Israel}}
{{Infobox Israel village
| name = Udim
| image = File:Poleg014.jpg
| hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|אוּדִים}}
| founded= 1948
| founded_by = Holocaust survivors
| district = center
| council = Hof HaSharon
| affiliation = Agricultural Union
| population = {{Israel populations|Udim}}
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}}
| pushpin_map = Israel center ta | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_label_position = right
|coordinates = {{coord|32|15|59|N|34|51|5|E|display=inline,title}}
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Udim ({{langx|he|אוּדִים}}, lit. Firebrands) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaSharon Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Udim}}.
History
The moshav was established in 1948 by Holocaust survivors. Its name is taken from the Book of Zechariah (3:2),Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p. 465, {{ISBN|965-220-186-3}} and symbolises the fact that the founders were survivors of the Holocaust;
And the LORD said unto Satan: 'The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan, yea, the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee; is not this man a brand plucked out of the fire?
Nature reserve
South-east of the moshav is a nature reserve, first declared in 1967, and expanded in 1997, 140 dunams in total.{{cite web|title=List of National Parks and Nature Reserves|url=http://parks.org.il/sigalit/muchrazim.pdf|language=he|publisher=Israel Nature and Parks Authority|access-date=2010-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007095221/http://parks.org.il/sigalit/muchrazim.pdf|archive-date=2009-10-07|url-status=dead}} The reserve is in an old quarry, where the water table has risen, allowing a concentration of aquatic plants to flourish. Flora includes Salix acmophylla and Tamarix trees, Rubus sanguineus, Reeds, and Cattails.{{cite web|url=http://www.inature.info/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%AA_%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A6%D7%AA_%D7%90%D7%95%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9D|title=Udim Nature Reserve|language=he|access-date=2010-10-13|website=iNature.info}}
References
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{{Hof HaSharon Regional Council}}
{{Nature reserves of Israel}}
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Category:Populated places established in 1948
Category:Nature reserves in Israel
Category:Populated places in Central District (Israel)