Har Shifra
Har Shifra is a mountain in Northern District, Israel and has an elevation of 729 metres. Har Shifra is situated nearby to the abandoned locality Kafr Bir’im, as well as near the village Bar’am.Places of Interest
Highlights include Bar’am National Park and Kfar Baram.
Bar’am National Park
Protected area
Bar'am National Park is a national park in Israel, between kibbutz Sasa and moshav Dovev, near the Lebanese border. On the grounds of the park is a two ancient Jewish synagogues from the Talmudic period, and the ruins of the depopulated Palestinian village of Kafr Bir'im, after which the park is named.
Kfar Baram
Ruins
Photo: MASQUERAID, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kfar Bar'am Synagogue, also known as the Kafar Berem Synagogue, is the archaeological ruins of two former ancient Jewish synagogues, located at the site of Kafr Bir'im, a former Palestinian Christian village, in what is today the Bar'am National Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bar’am and Dovev.
Bar’am
Village
Photo: MASQUERAID, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bar'am is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located approximately 300 meters from Israel's border with Lebanon near the ruins of the ancient Jewish village of Kfar Bar'am.
Dovev
Village
Dovev is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Upper Galilee around 7 km north of Har Meron near Israel's border with Lebanon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. As of 2024 it had a population of 515.
Tziv’on
Hamlet
Tziv'on is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near Safed and the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 450. Tziv’on is situated 3 km southwest of Har Shifra.
Har Shifra
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 729 metres
- Description: mountain in Northern District, Israel
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Har Shifra” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Har Shifra”
- Dutch: “Har Shifra”
- Hebrew: “הר שפרה”
- Swedish: “Har Shifra”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kafr Bir’im and ‘Arab Luheib er Rasātima.
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