Rimonim

Rimonim ( _he. רימונים), is an Israeli settlement located on the Allon Road in the West Bank region of Samaria in the jurisdiction of the Matte Binyamin Regional Council about a twenty minute drive east from Jerusalem. As of 2007, the population of the village was about 150 families. The name of the village comes from Book of Judges [http://www.mechon-mamre.org/e/et/et0720.htm 20:47] ::"But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon, and abode in the rock of Rimmon four months."

Rimonim was first established 1977 (20 Shevat 5737) as a temporary pioneer Nahal military outpost. Three years later in 1980 (on 4 Tishrei 5741), it moved to the current location, demilitarized and turned over to residential purposes non-religious Jewish Israelis with help from the Amana settlement organization. In the mid-2000s, the village allowed religious Jews to move in. Until then, it had been almost exclusive secular in nature.

Services provided include a synagogue, half-Olympic sized swimming pool, supermarket, post office, nursery, kindergarten, mikvah, library, and youth centre.