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components. In the local market, Mivrag supplies agriculture, industrial, high-tech and wholesale companies. In the worldwide market, Mivrag supplies automative companies. With the establishment of the factory in 1952, Mivrag manufactured wooden screws. In the 1960s and 1970s the factory expanded to
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militia. The construction of, the first permanent building took place in June 1938 and in
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growing. The avocado growing began in the mid 1970s. In the early days of the kibbutz, plum trees were the main products. In the 1940s it were vineyards, followed by apples, peaches and pears in the 1950s.
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other products and moved to use metals. In 1987 the factory moved to its current facility. The company began to thrive since the 1990s, expanding its sales to Asia, North
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Cattle farming began in the 1950s in order to exploit lands that couldn't be used for farming. The cattle sector is owned in partnership with kibbutz
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was found carved into the wall, adorned with traces of red paint. Another discovery from Ein HaShofet is an octagonal bronze ring engraved with
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in 1931, where it received agricultural training. Their number was 17 in 1931 and it rose to 30 in 1933. In 1934 they moved to
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bought the land from the effendi and paid each sharecropper for their evacuation. The funds for the deal were raised by
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in 1937 and moved to the current location in 1938. "Ein HaShofet," literally, Judge's Spring, was named in honor of
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972:"Jo'ara, The End: "They Taught a Squad Leader to Think Like a General""
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lawyer, and a prominent
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employs 20 members of the kibbutz in five different sectors.
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Forming Technology is a company that produces
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1041:"The Cornerstones For the First Building In Ein HaShofet"
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Volume 5/Part 2 Galilaea and Northern Regions: 6925-7818
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movement. There is a flowing spring nearby the kibbutz.
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1111:"25 Years for Ein HaShofet Settlement - Society Paths"
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1098:. Jerusalem: Hamadpis Liphshitz Press. p. 37.
948:"Tower, Stockade and a Kibbutz on the Jo'ara Hill"
304:region around 25 km southeast of the city of
1016:"History of the kibbutz (on the kibbutz website)"
906:. University Press of New England. p. 206.
903:American Jewish Women and the Zionist Enterprise
820:"Nahal HaShofet - Walking trails through Israel"
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1273:, De Gruyter, pp. 1647–1650, 2023-03-20,
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900:Reinharz, Shulamit; A. Raider, Mark (2005).
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88:Show map of Jezreel Valley region of Israel
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936:. Ministry of Education. p. 744.
772:. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
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1075:Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.
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1049:(in Hebrew). 9 June 1938.
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933:Eretz Yisrael Lexicon
770:"Regional Statistics"
519:1948 Arab-Israeli war
500:Jewish police force.
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1092:Jewish National Fund
844:"About Ein HaShofet"
795:"About Ein HaShofet"
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1235:"MAG-EH - Products"
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118:Show map of Israel
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1217:"Company Profile"
913:978-1-58465-439-1
854:on 3 January 2017
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