Ein Poria, Natural spring in Poria Illit, Israel

Ein Poria (also called Ein Kadesh) is a spring on the eastern slope of the Poria ridge, below and about a kilometre east of Poria Illit and northwest of Kvutzat Kinneret. Its water emerges at several points and runs down Nahal Shalem toward the Sea of Galilee. Narrow channels lead it into two small reservoirs, one upslope to the west and one lower to the east, with palm trees planted around them.

In the 1920s, the group Har Kinneret settled south of the spring, starting in 1920 and holding the site until 1930, when the land passed to Kvutzat Kinneret. The group's settler Israel Lerner died on Lag BaOmer 1922 and his isolated grave lies along the dirt road to the spring. In 2007 Kvutzat Kinneret placed a monument there marking the Har Kinneret settlement.

The Arabic name of the spring, Ein al-Malha, refers to the slight salinity of its water. The spring feeds Nahal Shalem, which reaches the Sea of Galilee between Kvutzat Kinneret and Tzinbari beach. A basalt stone at the southern lookout, named for Naomi Shemer, carries a plaque describing her childhood love of this view.

A partly paved dirt road used by kibbutz farmers leads to the spring, starting from Route 767 near Moshavat Kinneret and continuing to Route 7677 through the Switzerland Forest toward Poria Illit. The Israel National Trail, climbing from the moshav toward the Poria ridge, passes beside the spring. Along the road are Israel Lerner's grave, a 2007 monument to the Har Kinneret settlement, and the Tamar Lookout.

The spring's Arabic name, Ein al-Malha, comes from the slight salinity of its water. Two large basalt rocks with marble plaques stand at the entrance to the access road; one bears the line "A clear, strong echo of mountains, an echo of mountains now as then."