Elyashiv אֶלְיָשִׁיב إلياشيف | |
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| Coordinates:32°22′48″N34°54′35″E / 32.38000°N 34.90972°E /32.38000; 34.90972 | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Central |
| Council | Hefer Valley |
| Affiliation | Hitahdut HaIkarim |
| Founded | 13 November 1933 |
| Founded by | Yemenite Jews |
| Population (2022)[1] | 715 |
Elyashiv (Hebrew:אֶלְיָשִׁיב,lit. God will bring back) is amoshav in centralIsrael. Located in theSharon plain, it falls under the jurisdiction ofHefer Valley Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 715.[1]
The moshav was founded on a site once occupied by the Arab village Khirbet esh Sheikh Mohammed ("The ruin of Sheikh Mohammed").[2][3][4] Kh. esh Sheikh Muhammed became settled during the rule ofIbrahim Pasha, either by Egyptians or byhamulas (extended families) from mountain villages.[5] In 1882, thePEF'sSurvey of Western Palestine found that it consisted of a fewadobe huts among ruins.[6] Ancient glazed pottery has been found there.[3]
Although Yemenite neighborhoods had been established near many agricultural settlements, it was not until 1930 that independent Yemenite settlements were approved.[7] After a prolonged struggle by the Yemenite Workers Federation in Palestine, threemoshav ovdim were established: Marmorek in 1930, Tirat Shalom in 1931, and Elyashiv on 13 November 1933.[7][8] Of these, Elyashiv was the largest and the only one that survived as a moshav.[7] The original fifty families were Yemenite Jews who had been in Palestine since the 1920s.[7] They belonged to an organization of Yemenite Jews called "Shabazi", founded inPetach-Tikva in 1931.[9] It is named after a high priest in the time ofNehemiah (Nehemiah 3:1), and also in a symbolic meaning that God will return Israel back to their land.[10][11]
The land for the moshav was provided by theJewish National Fund, which had purchased a very large tract from a LebaneseMaronite in 1929 with the help of a bribe paid to the seller's legal representative.[12] Agricultural instructors were provided by theJewish Agency.[13] However, unlike with other moshavot in the Hefer Valley, no financial assistance was provided by the moshav movement.[14] The first decades were marked by continual conflict with the Jewish Agency.[15]
The population was 310 in 1945 and 460 in 1952.[8][16]
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