The name of the kibbutz is derived from the Israeli name Nahal Snir for the Hasbani River, 5 km to the west.[2] 'Senir' is a name used in the Hebrew Bible for Mount Hermon, which dominates the landscape from the northeast, or one of its three main peaks.[3]
During the Six-Day War, a minor Syrian force tried to capture the water plant at Tel Dan (the subject of a fierce escalation two years earlier), kibbutz Dan, and She'ar Yashuv. Several Syrian tanks were reported to have sunk in the Banias River.
The kibbutz grows avocados, raises cattle and runs a paper factory.[4]Sano, a leading Israeli cleaning products company, operates a manufacturing plant on Kibbutz Snir.[5]