Bat Ayin is an Israeli settlement in Gush Etzion, Judea inhabited primarily by baal teshuvah religious-zionist Jews who adhere to Chassidic philosophy that combines spiritual religious life with organic agriculture. Bat Ayin was established in 1989 and its population as of 2005 has topped 1000. Bat Ayin is home to the Bat Ayin Yeshiva, an institution of advanced Jewish learning for men, and Midreshet B'erot Bat Ayin, a women's learning program. The two institutions are independent. The men's Yeshiva is associated with the modern-orthodox Religious Zionist movement as well as with the teachings of the Breslov and Chabad Hasidic dynasties. The women's Program is more traditional and not limited to one particular form of Chassidisim. Students are encouraged to develop their textual skills and express their creativity in biblio-drama, dance, creative writing, art and music. Picking wild herbs, working the land and preparing wholesome meals are integral to the learning process. Map of Israeli settlements (magenta) in the West Bank. ... Tunnel to Gush Etzion Gush Etzion (Hebrew גוש עציון, literally bloc of the tree) is a group of Israeli settlements in the northern Judea region of the West Bank. ... Map of the southern Levant, c. ... The term Baal Teshuva, or Chozer BeTeshuva, refers to a return of a Jew to a Jewishly observant lifestyle. ... Religious Zionism, or the Religious Zionist Movement, a branch of which is also called Mizrachi, is an ideology that claims to combine Zionism and Judaism, to base Zionism on the principles of Jewish religion and heritage. ... Hasidic Judaism (Hebrew: Chasidut חסידות, meaning pious from the Hebrew root word chesed חסד meaning loving kindness) is a Haredi Jewish religious movement. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the Jewish educational system. ... Modern Orthodox Judaism (or Modern Orthodox or Modern Orthodoxy; sometimes abbreviated as MO or Modox) is a movement within Orthodox Judaism that attempts to synthesize traditional observance and values with the secular, modern world. ... Religious Zionism, or the Religious Zionist Movement, a branch of which is also called Mizrachi, is an ideology that claims to combine Zionism and Judaism, to base Zionism on the principles of Jewish religion and heritage. ...

The particular brand of Bat Ayin Orthodoxy has been called Chavakuk (in Hebrew, חבקו"ק), an acronym that stands for Chabad, Breslov, Carlebach, and Kuk, the four main influences on the Neo-Chassidic culture of the village. Proscriptions on dress, hair covering, and lifestyle (according to Orthodox halacha) are conditions for joining and staying on the settlement. (For example, married women must cover their hair.) Although residents adhere to these communal dictates of religious piety, they are also known for their counter-cultural practices such as organic farming and holistic medicine. Chabad Lubavitch, or Lubavich, is one of the largest branch of Hasidic Judaism founded by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi . ... A cover of a Carlebach record Shlomo Carlebach (שלמה קרליבך) (known as Reb Shlomo to his followers) (1925 - October 22, 1994), was a Jewish religious singer, composer, and self-styled rebbe who was known as the singing rabbi in his lifetime. ... Prophet of Greater Israel, his teachings inspired the modern religious settlement movement in the territories. ...

Bat Ayin Cell

The community has drawn some critical media attention surrounding the publicity of the so-called "Bat Ayin Cell", or underground - a small group of residents accused of planning and perpetrating attacks on various Palestinian and Arab targets. In 2003, three members of the cell were convicted of plotting to detonate a bomb outside a Palestinian Girls' school in East Jerusalem in retaliation for Palestinian attacks against Jews. [1]. Longtime Kahanist activist Noam Federman was charged with having supplied the explosives for the bomb. Federman was placed under administrative detention for seven and a half months and eventually acquitted in May 2004. [2] Two other men were also charged and acquitted of involvement. In late 2004, one of the convicted men's brothers was also convicted and imprisoned, after leading investigators to the cell's weapons cache, which contained weapons that ballistic tests later proved had been used in various unsolved killings of almost a dozen Palestinians. [3], [4] Though most of the men suspected of involvement with the cell were not actually from Bat Ayin, the name remained associated with the case throughout the trial. East Jerusalem is that part of Jerusalem which was held by Jordan from the 1948 Arab-Israeli War until the Six-Day War in 1967. ... Speaking: US-born Rabbi Meir Kahane, leader of the Kach party in the Knesset. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Yeshivat Bat Ayin
• Berot Bat Ayin
• Frontline: Israel's Next War? (PBS documentary on the Israeli radical right, including interviews with members of the Bat Ayin cell)

Further reading

• [5] Push to commute Jewish terror sentences