Elyashiv (Hebrew: אֶלְיָשִׁיב, lit. God will bring back) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 714.[1]

Elyashiv אֶלְיָשִׁיב‎ إلياشيف
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Coordinates: 32°22′48″N 34°54′35″E
Country	Israel
District	Central
Council	Hefer Valley
Affiliation	Hitahdut HaIkarim
Founded	13 November 1933
Founded by	Yemenite Jews
Population  (2019)[1]	714

History

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 of Ibrahim Pasha, either by Egyptians or by hamulas (extended families) from mountain villages.[5] In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine found that it consisted of a few adobe 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, three moshav 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 in Petach-Tikva in 1931.[9] It is named after a high priest in the time of Nehemiah (Nehemiah 3:1).[10]

The land for the moshav was provided by the Jewish National Fund, which had purchased a very large tract from a Lebanese Maronite in 1929 with the help of a bribe paid to the seller's legal representative.[11] Agricultural instructors were provided by the Jewish Agency.[12] However, unlike with other moshavot in the Hefer Valley, no financial assistance was provided by the moshav movement.[13] The first decades were marked by continual conflict with the Jewish Agency.[14]

The population was 310 in 1945 and 460 in 1952.[8][15]

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  Elyashiv 1939
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  Elyashiv 1939 1:20,000
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  Vicinity of Yemenite moshav Elyashiv in 1941, with location of modern roads added in green
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  Elyashiv 1945 1:250,000

References

Bibliography

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External links

• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 10: IAA, Wikimedia commons
• Google-map