Mesilat Zion

Mesilat Zion
Mesilat Zion
Founded 1950
Founded by Yemenite Jews
Council Mateh Yehuda
Region Latrun
Affiliation Moshavim Movement
Coordinates 31°48′6.48″N 35°0′41.39″E / 31.8018°N 35.0114972°E / 31.8018; 35.0114972Coordinates: 31°48′6.48″N 35°0′41.39″E / 31.8018°N 35.0114972°E / 31.8018; 35.0114972
Mesilat Zion is located in Israel
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Mesilat Zion

Mesilat Zion (Hebrew: מְסִלַּת צִיּוֹן, מסילת ציון‎‎, lit. Track of Zion, (or 'highway' as it is translated in the Bible) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Beit Shemesh with an area of 1,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 764.

The moshav was established as a work village in 1950 by immigrants from Yemen. After a few years the founders left and were replaced by Cochin Jews. The name of the village is symbolic, as it is located near the Burma Road. It symbolizes the breaking of the siege over Jerusalem during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, it is based on verses from the book of Isaiah, chapter 62, "For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest....Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people....Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation comes." (Isaiah 62:1-11)

The Jerusalem Culinary Institute (JCI) founded in 2001 by chef Yochanan Lambiase is located in Mesilat Zion. JCI is the world's first glatt kosher cooking school. [1]

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