{{Short description|Kibbutz in northern Israel}} {{Infobox Israel village | name = Beit Rimon |image = File:BeitRimon7.JPG |hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|בית רימון}} | founded = 1977 | founded_by = Nahal | country = {{ISR}} | district = north | council = Lower Galilee | popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}} | population = {{Israel populations|Bet Rimmon}}{{Israel populations|reference}} | population_footnotes = | affiliation = Religious Kibbutz Movement | website = [http://www.bet-rimon.co.il/app/Showcontent.asp?ID=5912&Tipe=1&Sr=Yes&Sl=Yes&St=&Sb=Yes&S=345 www.bet-rimon.co.il] |pushpin_map = Israel jezreel#Israel |pushpin_mapsize = 250 |coordinates = {{coord|32|46|55|N|35|19|47|E|display=inline,title}} }}

'''Beit Rimon''' ({{langx|he|בֵּית רִמּוֹן}}, ''lit.'' House of the Pomegranate) is a kibbutz located in the Lower Galilee Regional Council in Israel. It consists of a core kibbutz and a residential expansion. It is located in the Lower Galilee on a ridge of Mount Tur'an at a height of 400 meters above sea level. As of {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Bet Rimmon}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}

==Etymology== It is named after the Biblical Rimon (pomegranate in Hebrew) in the lands of the Tribe of Zebulun (Joshua 19:13), which "is identified with er-Rumane" at today's Arab village of Rumana, 2&nbsp;km to the west.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Negev |first1=Avraham |last2=Gibson |first2=Shimon |year=2001 |title=Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land |edition=3rd, revised, illustrated |publisher=Continuum Publishing |location=London |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l3JtAAAAMAAJ |page=436 |isbn=9780826413161}}</ref>

==History== Beit Rimon was first settled in 1977 as a Nahal settlement. In 1979, a group of British immigrants joined the Nahal group and established a kibbutz at the site, affiliated with the Religious Kibbutz Movement.<ref>[http://www.nbn.org.il/aliyahpedia/community-housing-aliyahpedia/community-profiles/beit-rimon/ Nefesh B'Nefesh, Beit Rimon]</ref>

The kibbutz operates one of the largest dairy farms in the country, a chicken coop and a factory for agricultural and gardening tools. It also cultivates olives and field crops.<ref>[http://www.nbn.org.il/aliyahpedia/community-housing-aliyahpedia/community-profiles/beit-rimon/ Nefesh B'Nefesh, Beit Rimon]</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.bet-rimon.co.il/app/Showcontent.asp?ID=5912&Tipe=1&Sr=Yes&Sl=Yes&St=&Sb=Yes&S=345 Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508204525/http://www.bet-rimon.co.il/app/Showcontent.asp?ID=5912&Tipe=1&Sr=Yes&Sl=Yes&St=&Sb=Yes&S=345 |date=2021-05-08 }}

{{Lower Galilee Regional Council}} {{Authority control}}

Category:Kibbutzim Category:Religious Kibbutz Movement Category:Populated places established in 1977 Category:Nahal settlements Category:Populated places in Northern District (Israel) Category:1977 establishments in Israel