Kvutzat Yavne ( he, קְבוּצַת יַבְנֶה) is a religious kibbutz in the Central District of

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. Located in the

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just east of Ashdod, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Yavne Regional Council. In it had a population of . The Kibbutz, is the location of

Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh ( he, ישיבת כרם ביבנה, lit. ''Vineyard in Yavne Yeshiva'') is a youth village and major yeshiva in southern Israel. Located near the city of Ashdod and adjacent to Kvutzat Yavne, it falls under the jurisdict ...

History

The idea of Kvutzat Yavne was conceived in

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; and then originally called "Kvutzat Rodges". The intention of the founders was to make the area near ancient

Yavne Yavne ( he, יַבְנֶה) or Yavneh is a city in the Central District of Israel. In many English translations of the Bible, it is known as Jabneh . During Greco-Roman times, it was known as Jamnia ( grc, Ἰαμνία ''Iamníā''; la, Iamnia) ...

(from which it takes its name) the site of a religious kibbutz and a

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. These founders, members of the

Religious Zionist Religious Zionism ( he, צִיּוֹנוּת דָּתִית, translit. ''Tziyonut Datit'') is an ideology that combines Zionism and Orthodox Judaism. Its adherents are also referred to as ''Dati Leumi'' ( "National Religious"), and in Israel, the ...

movement—specifically, the Association of Religious Pioneers (בח"ד ברית חלוצים דתיים) — began to prepare themselves for agricultural work on German farms in 1929.קבוצת רודגס (קבוצת יבנה)
massuah.org.il Shortly thereafter, they

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Mandate Palestine Mandatory Palestine ( ar, فلسطين الانتدابية '; he, פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א״י) ', where "E.Y." indicates ''’Eretz Yiśrā’ēl'', the Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 i ...

. They initially settled near Petah Tikva on land purchased by a Jewish-owned German company. Finally, in 1941, the 180-person group of German Zionists, began to build Kvutzat Yavne at its intended location. The kibbutz continued to grow, joined by German,

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, and Sabras. It came to be known as the cradle of the

Religious Kibbutz Movement The Religious Kibbutz Movement ( he, הקיבוץ הדתי, ''HaKibbutz HaDati'') is an organizational framework for Orthodox kibbutzim in Israel. Its membership includes 22 communities, 16 of them traditional kibbutzim, and 6 others in the cat ...

, with which the kibbutz is associated. File:קבוצת יבנה - מראה כללי-JNF040411.jpeg, Yavne 1945 File:יבנה - מראה-JNF000881.jpeg, Yavne 1945 File:עמדת הגנה ביבנה-JNF012627.jpeg, Yavne defence position 1947 File:Keren Hayesod Album, Kibbuz Rodges (cropped).jpg, Members of the group studying the

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File:Keren Hayesod Album, Kibbuz Rodges01.jpg, Members of the group during morning prayer

Economy

Most of Yavne's agricultural production is in field crops, fruit

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, and dairy, all contained within approximately of land. Major industry located on the kibbutz includes olive and cucumber processing plants, the Adi watch factory, and the largest

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hatchery in the country (dispatching 600,000 chicks per day). As above, it is also the location of

, the first

Hesder Yeshiva Hesder ( he, הסדר "arrangement"; also Yeshivat Hesder ) is an Israeli yeshiva program which combines advanced Talmudic studies with military service in the Israel Defense Forces, usually within a Religious Zionist framework. The program all ...

. The kibbutz used to run a Jewish studies program preparing candidates for conversion to Judaism, but this is no longer available. There was also an Hebrew

ulpan An ulpan ( he, אולפן), plural ''ulpanim'', is an institute or school for the intensive study of Hebrew. Ulpan is a Hebrew word meaning "studio", "teaching", or "instruction". The ulpan is designed to teach adult immigrants to Israel the b ...

for both Jewish students and

Gerim Conversion to Judaism ( he, גיור, ''giyur'') is the process by which non-Jews adopt the Jewish religion and become members of the Jewish ethnoreligious community. It thus resembles both conversion to other religions and naturalization. " ...

.Conversion ulpan

References

External links

Official website
{{Hevel Yavne Regional Council German-Jewish culture in Israel Kibbutzim Religious Kibbutz Movement Populated places established in 1941 Populated places in Central District (Israel) 1941 establishments in Mandatory Palestine