Kfar Jarra
Kfar Jarra is a municipality in the Jezzine District of the South Governorate of Lebanon, about 50 km south of Beirut.
Etymology
The name of the village is believed to mean 'spring village' in Syriac.History
In 1838, Eli Smith noted Kefr Jerra, as a village located in "Aklim et-Tuffah, adjacent to Seida".In 1875, Victor Guérin travelled in the area, and noted: "I arrive at Kefr Djerra, a village of about twenty Maronite families, on a hill whose slopes are occupied by orchards. Several ancient cisterns dug into the rock and some of the materials that were used to build the church, which I am told is one hundred and forty years old, prove that this village succeeded another older one."