Sde Ya'akov (, ''lit.'' Ya'akov Field) is a religious
moshav in northern Israel. Located near
Kiryat Tiv'on
Kiryat Tiv'on ( he, קִרְיַת טִבְעוֹן, also Qiryat Tiv'on) is a town in the Haifa District of Israel, in the hills between the Zvulun (Zebulon) and Jezreel valleys. Kiryat Tiv'on is situated southeast of Haifa
Haifa ( he, ...
, it falls under the jurisdiction of
Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
Sde Ya'akov was established in 1927, largely from pioneers who had settled in
Sheikh Abreik
Sheikh Bureik ( ar, الشيخ بريك او الشيخ اِبريق), locally called Sheikh Abreik or Sheikh Ibreik in recent times,Sharon, 2004, p. xxxvii/ref> was a Palestinian Arab village located southeast of Haifa.Negev and Gibson, 2001pp. ...
after its purchase by the
Jewish Agency
The Jewish Agency for Israel ( he, הסוכנות היהודית לארץ ישראל, translit=HaSochnut HaYehudit L'Eretz Yisra'el) formerly known as The Jewish Agency for Palestine, is the largest Jewish non-profit organization in the world. ...
.
It was the first settlement founded by
Hapoel HaMizrachi and was named for
Yitzchak Yaacov Reines
Yitzchak Yaacov Reines ( he, יצחק יעקב ריינס, Isaac Jacob Reines), (October 27, 1839 – August 20, 1915) was a Lithuanian Orthodox rabbi and the founder of the Mizrachi Religious Zionist Movement, one of the earliest movements o ...
, founder of the
Mizrachi movement.
File:מראה שדה יעקב בעמק יזרעאל-JNF022176.jpeg, Sde Ya’akov 1928
File:שדה יעקב - מראה-JNF044094.jpeg, Sde Ya’akov 1935
File:שדה יעקב - מראה כללי.-JNF026982.jpeg, Sde Ya’akov 1945
File:הרפת בשדה-יעקב-JNF015190.jpeg, Sde Ya’akov 1947
Sde Ya'akov 1.JPG, A sign at the entrance to Sde Ya'akov
References
External links
The official website of Sde Yaakov
Sde Yaakovat the
Galilee Development Authority website
Moshav Sde Ya'akov Collection(in Hebrew) on the Digital collections of
Younes and Soraya Nazarian Library
The Younes and Soraya Nazarian Library is a central academic library of the University of Haifa, and one of the largest in Israel. It is also one of the most progressive Israeli libraries in terms of service, collection, physical space, and libr ...
, University of Haifa
{{Jezreel Valley Regional Council
Moshavim
Religious Israeli communities
Populated places established in 1927
Populated places in Northern District (Israel)
1927 establishments in Mandatory Palestine