Komemiyut
Komemiyut
קוֹמְמִיּוּת كومميوت | |
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  Komemiyut | |
| Coordinates: 31°39′43″N 34°43′50″E / 31.66194°N 34.73056°E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Southern |
| Council | Shafir |
| Founded | 1950 |
| Founded by | Demobilised soldiers |
| Population (2022)[1] | 606 |
Komemiyut (Hebrew: קוֹמְמִיּוּת, lit. '"sovereignty"') is an Hasidic moshav in south-central Israel. Located in the southern Shephelah near Kiryat Gat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shafir Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 606.[1]
History[edit]
The group which established the village was formed as a youth group by Agudat Israel in August 1949, composed mainly of demobilized soldiers from a religious unit that had fought in the area during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. The name is taken from a biblical passage, Leviticus 26:13:[2]
After training in Nahalat Yehuda, the group founded the moshav in 1950 on land given to it by the Jewish National Fund.[3] The village was built over the depopulated Palestinian village of Karatiyya.[4]
The moshav was built as an agricultural village, but to ensure a livelihood during the shmita year, industries were also established. The moshav has two bakeries including a matzo bakery, a dairy, a shingles factory, a marble factory, and a tefillin factory.[5][6][7] The moshav also has a program for yeshiva students, during which they study for six days and return to their homes only for shabbat and a Talmud Torah school for children.
Shmita harvest[edit]
As it was founded by observant Jews, the village was one of the few that refrained from working the land during the first Shmita year after independence, 1952.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land (3rd ed.). Jerusalem: Carta. 1993. pp. 387–388. ISBN 965-220-186-3.
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- ^ "דבר | עמוד 4 | 2 מאי 1949 | אוסף העיתונות | הספרייה הלאומית". www.nli.org.il.
- ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 119. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- ^ "הצפה | עמוד 4 | 14 דצמבר 1953 | אוסף העיתונות | הספרייה הלאומית". www.nli.org.il.
- ^ "דבר | עמוד 12 | 12 ספטמבר 1952 | אוסף העיתונות | הספרייה הלאומית". www.nli.org.il.
- ^ "דבר | עמוד 8 | 24 אפריל 1959 | אוסף העיתונות | הספרייה הלאומית". www.nli.org.il.
- ^ Mordechai Kuber (2007). "Shmittah for the Clueless". Jewish Action: The Magazine of the Orthodox Union. Vol. 68, no. 2. p. 6875.
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