Sdei Avraham ( he, שְׂדֵי אַבְרָהָם, ''lit.'' Avraham Fields) is a
moshav
A moshav ( he, מוֹשָׁב, plural ', lit. ''settlement, village'') is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 an ...
in southern
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
. Located in the
Hevel Shalom
Hevel Shalom (, lit. ''Shalom region'') is an area in the western Negev desert close to Israel's border with the Gaza Strip and Egypt's Sinai. This area was elected to be substitutive area for evacuees from Yamit.
Villages
Villages in Hevel Shalo ...
area of the north-western
Negev
The Negev or Negeb (; he, הַנֶּגֶב, hanNegév; ar, ٱلنَّقَب, an-Naqab) is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The region's largest city and administrative capital is Beersheba (pop. ), in the north. At its southe ...
desert near the
Gaza Strip
The Gaza Strip (;The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p.761 "Gaza Strip /'gɑːzə/ a strip of territory under the control of the Palestinian National Authority and Hamas, on the SE Mediterranean coast including the town of Gaza.. ...
border, it falls under the jurisdiction of
Eshkol Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
The moshav was founded in 1981 and was initially named Yesodot HaDarom ( he, יְסוֹדוֹת הַדָּרוֹם, ''lit.'' Foundations of the South), but was later renamed after
Avraham Herzfeld
Avraham Herzfeld (also Harzfeld) ( he, אברהם הרצפלד, 5 June 1891 – 30 August 1973) was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician.
Biography
Avraham Herzfeld (born Avraham Postrelko) was born in Stavisht, Russian Empire (now Ukraine ...
, a leader of
Mapai.
References
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Moshavim
Populated places established in 1981
Gaza envelope
Populated places in Southern District (Israel)
1981 establishments in Israel