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{{Infobox Israel village
| name = Or HaGanuz
| image = File:Or haganuz4.JPG
| hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|אוֹר הַגָּנוּז}}
| meaning =
| founded = 1989
| founded_by = [[Gush Emunim]]
| altUnoSp = Or Ganuz
| district = north
| council = [[Merom HaGalil Regional Council|Merom HaGalil]]
| affiliation = [[Amana (organization)|Amana]]
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Or Haganuz}}
| population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}}
| pushpin_map = Israel northeast |pushpin_mapsize = 250
| coordinates = {{coord|33|0|18|N|35|26|44|E|display=inline,title}}
| website =
}}[[Image:Or haganuz.JPG|right|thumb|350px|Or HaGanuz]]
'''Or HaGanuz''' ({{langx|he|אוֹר הַגָּנוּז}}, lit. ''Hidden Light''), sometimes '''Or Ganuz''', is a [[Community settlement (Israel)|community settlement]] in northern [[Israel]]. Located in the eastern [[Upper Galilee]], about six kilometers northwest of the town of [[Safed]], it falls under the jurisdiction of [[Merom HaGalil Regional Council]]. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Or Haganuz}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
==History==
The [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] settlement was founded in 1989 by a group of newly religious [[baal teshuva]] Jews with the help of [[Amana (organization)|Amana]], the settlement arm of [[Gush Emunim]], even though the village is located within the [[Green Line (Israel)|Green Line]]. The name is derived from the [[kabbalah]] which refers to the original [[light]] described in the [[Bible]] that was the first act of Creation ([[Book of Genesis|Genesis]] 1:2).
==Education==
Several formal educational institutions operate in the village including a preschool, a kindergarten, the Ginzei-Shimon [[Talmud Torah]], a [[midrasha]] for women, and the Elima college of alternative medicine combining Chinese [[acupuncture]] with Jewish [[spirituality]] and [[kabbalah]].
==Economy==
The original founders decided to concentrate on employment that does not necessitate being close to the country's main population center. The village offers a range of holiday [[bed and breakfast]] guest houses operated by individual families, tours to graves of [[tzaddikim]], a publishing house for religious and [[kabbalah|kabbalistic]] literature (''Or Da'at''), a printing press (''Da'at''), and a [[matza]] factory. Or HaGanuz Boutique Winery is also located there.
The village is a [[tourist]] location for [[pilgrims]] visiting the tomb of Rabbi [[Simeon bar Yohai|Shimeon bar Yochai]] in nearby [[Meron (Israel)|Meron]].
==References ==
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{{Merom HaGalil Regional Council}}
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[[Category:Community settlements]]
[[Category:Religious Israeli communities]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1989]]
[[Category:Populated places in Northern District (Israel)]]
[[Category:1989 establishments in Israel]]