Kfar Aviv

Kfar Aviv
  • כְּפַר אָבִיב (Hebrew)
Kfar Aviv is located in Central Israel
Kfar Aviv
Kfar Aviv
Location within Central Israel
Kfar Aviv is located in Israel
Kfar Aviv
Kfar Aviv
Location within Israel
Coordinates: 31°49′53″N 34°43′17″E / 31.83139°N 34.72139°E / 31.83139; 34.72139
Country Israel
DistrictCentral
SubdistrictRehovot
CouncilGederot
AffiliationAgricultural Union
Founded1951
FounderEgyptian Jewish immigrants and refugees
Population
 (2024)
775

Kfar Aviv (Hebrew: כְּפַר אָבִיב, lit. Village of Spring) is a moshav in the Central District of Israel, near Ashdod. It belongs to the Gederot Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 775.

History

Kfar Aviv was founded in 1952 by the Jewish Agency on lands near the former Palestinian village of Yibna. The settlement was intended to absorb Jewish immigrants and refugees from Egypt. Its original name was Kfar HaYeor (Hebrew: כפר היאור; lit. Village of the Nile). The name "Kfar Aviv" was given as a reference to the Exodus of the Jews from Egypt, which occurred in spring as recorded in the Torah (Exodus 34:18). As time passed, the village absorbed families from Poland.

The land area used for farming covers about 2,000 dunams. Most inhabitants of the village work elsewhere.

References

  1. 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  2. ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 423. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  3. ↑ El'azari, Yuval, ed. (2005). Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. p. 282. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
  4. ↑ "Kfar Aviv". Gderot.com (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 2010-06-25. Retrieved 2008-06-08.