Magdiel, Heritage moshava settlement in Hod HaSharon, Israel.
Magdiel is a former moshava, now a neighbourhood of Hod Hasharon, laid out around a central square where the Magdiel Central Synagogue stands; begun in 1930, it was inaugurated unfinished in 1931 and completed in 1944. The settlement grew from 34 farms in 1925 to 128 in 1931, and a cooperative water association, "HaMarve", dug three wells. A Youth Aliyah boarding school named Magdiel housed young Holocaust survivors.
Magdiel was founded on 24 October 1924 by middle-class farmers of the Fourth Aliyah from Poland and Lithuania, organised by the Zionist institutions. The Jewish Colonisation Association bought 4,000 dunams near the Arab village of Biyar 'Adas from Sheikh Abu Kishk at 3 pounds per dunam and resold plots of up to 50 dunams to settlers at 3.60 pounds. The colony grew from 34 farms in 1925 to 128 in 1931.
The community hosts a central synagogue built between 1930 and 1944 that served as a Haganah base during the pre-independence period and continues to function as a religious center today.
Located at coordinates 32.1613°N and 34.902711°E within Hod HaSharon municipality, the settlement provides access to educational facilities, municipal services, and transportation connections to the Tel Aviv metropolitan area.
A cache of weapons from the 1948 Arab-Israeli War was discovered hidden within the synagogue premises in 2009, revealing the site's role in Israel's independence struggle.
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