Rishon LeZion

The oreeginal Great Synagogue an square

Rishon LeZion (Ebreu: רִאשׁוֹן לְצִיּוֹן‎‎  (audio)^?, lit. First tae Zion), is the fowert-lairgest ceety in Israel, locatit alang the central Israeli coastal plain 12 kilometers sooth o Tel Aviv. It is pairt o the Gush Dan metropolitan aurie. The ceety haed a population o 228,200 at the end o 2009. Foondit in 1882 bi European Jewish immigrants, it wis the seicont Jewish farm colony established in Land o Israel in the 19t century, efter Petah Tikva.

Etymology

The name Rishon LeZion is derived frae a biblical verse: "First tae Zion are they, an A shall give herald tae Jerusalem" (Ebreu: ראשון לציון הנה הינם, ולירושלים מבשר אתן‎) (Book of Isaiah 41:27) an literally translates as the First tae Zion.

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Main airticle: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Israel

Braşov, Romanie Debrecen, Hungary Gondar, Ethiopie Kiryat Shmona, Israel Heerenveen, Netherlands Lublin, Poland Lviv, Ukraine Essex Coonty, Unitit States Münster, Germany

Nîmes, Fraunce (1986) Prince Georges Cointy, Unitit States Prešov, Slovakie (2008) Saunt Petersburg, Roushie Teramo, Italy Tianjin, Cheenae

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