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{{Infobox Israel village
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|name= Aminadav
|image= Aminadav Forest 1.jpg
|caption= Aminadav forest
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|hebname={{Script/Hebrew|עַמִּינָדָב}}
|arname=عميناداف / عميناداڤ
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|meaning=Named after [[Amminadab]]
|foundation= 1950
|founded_by= [[Yemenite Jews]]
|district= jerusalem
|council= [[Mateh Yehuda Regional Council|Mateh Yehuda]]
|affiliation= [[Moshavim Movement]]
| population = {{Israel populations|Amminadav}}
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'''Aminadav''' ({{langx|he|עַמִּינָדָב}}) is a [[moshav]] in central [[Israel]]. Located southwest of [[Jerusalem]] near [[Yad Kennedy]], it falls under the jurisdiction of [[Mateh Yehuda Regional Council]]. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Amminadav}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
[[File:AminadavFeb22022 02.jpg|thumb|Aminadav|alt=Aminadav|border|center|600x600px]]
==Etymology==
The name "Aminadav" is a combination of two Hebrew words; "Ami"- my nation, and "Nadav"- generous, giving, or volunteering; thus Aminadav translates "a generous people" and the moshav is named after biblical [[Amminadab|Aminadav]]<ref>Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p. 77, {{ISBN|965-220-186-3}}</ref>(Exodus 6:23 et al.); "Nachshon ben Aminadav" was the first man to enter the "Red Sea" as the Jews left slavery in Egypt.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
==History==
The village was established in 1950 by [[Yemeni Jews]].  Between 1952 and 1953 it absorbed more immigrants from [[North Africa]] as well as some [[Sabra (person)|native Israelis]].{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
Aminadav was located on land that had belonged to the [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] village of [[al-Walaja]].<ref>{{cite book|title=All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ |first=W.|last=Khalidi|author-link=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|page=323|location=[[Washington D.C.]]|publisher=[[Institute for Palestine Studies]]|isbn=0-88728-224-5}}</ref>
==Aminadav forest==
The Aminadav Forest, spread over 7&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> (700 ha), is a combination of natural woodland and trees planted by the [[Jewish National Fund]] along the Salmon-[[Nahal Sorek|Sorek]] contour. The forest overlooks the Sorek and Refa`im riverbeds and the Jerusalem hills.  In the forest are several natural springs, ancient agricultural terraces, orchards, ancient wine presses and chalk pits.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://my-country-israel.com/en/Jerusalem_and_the_Dead_Sea/KKL-Aminadav_Forest.aspx |title=Aminadav forest |publisher=My-country-israel.com |access-date=2013-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111119075605/http://my-country-israel.com/en/Jerusalem_and_the_Dead_Sea/KKL-Aminadav_Forest.aspx |archive-date=2011-11-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Lord Sacks forest is a forest of 25,000 [[trees]] being planted within the Aminadav forest by the [[JNF]], [[UK]]. It is named for  [[Chief Rabbi]] of the United Hebrew Congregations of the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]], [[Lord]] [[Jonathan Sacks]].<ref>[http://www.jnf.co.uk/trees_lord_sacks.html JNF Lord Sacks forest] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516230548/http://www.jnf.co.uk/trees_lord_sacks.html |date=May 16, 2011 }}</ref>
==See also==
*[[List of forests in Israel]]
==References==
{{Commons category|Aminadav}}
{{Reflist}}
{{Mateh Yehuda Regional Council}}
{{Authority control}}
[[Category:Moshavim]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1950]]
[[Category:Populated places in Jerusalem District]]
[[Category:Yemeni-Jewish culture in Israel]]