Kfar Hananya


Kfar Hananya is a community settlement in the Galilee in northern Israel. It belongs to the Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In it had a population of.
The village marks the border between the historic Upper and Lower Galilee regions. Lower Galilee is defined in the Mishnah as the area south of Kfar Hananya where the Sycamore Fig tree grows.

Name

The village is named after the ancient village of the same name, a little further to its north, which is mentioned in the Mishnah.

History

Kfar Hananya was founded in 1977 as a moshav of the movement Hapoel HaMizrachi for members of nearby moshavim, built on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village Kafr 'Inan. In 1992 it became a community settlement. A new neighborhood built in the 2000s is called "Maale Hen".

Landmarks

Near the community is a burial place attributed to Rabbi Hananya ben Akashya.
The ruins of ancient Kefar Hanania are situated about one kilometre north of the modern village. Kefar Hanania is mentioned in the Mishnah as a community on the border between the Lower Galilee and Upper Galilee.