Entrance to Hararit

Hararit (Hebrew: הֲרָרִית) (lit. "mountainous")[1] is a community settlement in Western Galilee, Israel.

Hararit, located on the crest of Mouasdnt Netofa in the Lower Galilee, was established in 1982 as part of a government-sponsored project initiated by Labour party member Nissim Zvili.[2]It was part of a plan to bring more Jewish residents to the Galilee area.[2] It was settled by 60 families dedicated to the principles of Transcendental Meditation (TM)[3][4] but by the year 2000 the TM group was reported to be only half of its original population.[5] In 2008, there were 95 families living in Hararit.[6]

  1. Hararit and Lavra Netofa
  2. 2,0 2,1 Gablinger, Tamar. The Religious Melting Point: On Tolerance, Controversial Religions and The State. — Germany : Tectum Verlag Marburg, 2010. — P. 81, 297, 301,.
  3. Eyal, Nadav, (3 Aug 2006) A new initiative in the Galilee: To beat Nasrallah by means of Transcendental Meditation, Jewish Agency for Israel
  4. Hararit at the site of the Ministry for the Development of the Negev and Galilee ЛопаПарцун:He icon
  5. Zisling, Yael (Oct-Nov 2000) More Netofa: The Land of Olive Oil and Honey Gems in Israel, retrieved Sept 24, 2012
  6. Corder, Mike. Founder of TM movement, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, dies in The Netherlands. Israeli followers mourn passing of 'great teacher', The Jerusalem Post (February 7, 2008), стр. 06.