[6] Midrakh Oz was built on the lands of depopulated Palestinian villages of Al-Mansi[7] and Al-Ghubayya al-Tahta.

[8] A year later the Ma'abara was dismantled and on 12 December 1952 Moshav was established, first named "Mansi" and later renamed to "Midrakh Oz".

[10] An expansion of the moshav was built on one of the nearby hills called Khirbat el Khishash,[11] at the foot of the Menashe Heights overlooking the Jezreel Valley and the first stage was completed in 2008 with 83 residential units.

[10] Midrakh Oz's dairy farming is considered one of the prominent in Israel, with an annual production of 13.5 million litres of milk.

Prior to the reform, the dairy farming caused pollution inside the moshav and each cow received on average only 5 m2.