{"id":133,"date":"2024-01-18T07:35:55","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T07:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/git.quatro.digital\/clients\/kkl\/?post_type=community&#038;p=133"},"modified":"2024-02-08T12:32:19","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T12:32:19","slug":"moshav-mivtahim","status":"publish","type":"community","link":"https:\/\/donate.kkl-jnf.org\/westernnegevtribute\/?community=moshav-mivtahim","title":{"rendered":"Mivtahim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Moshav<\/strong> Mivtahim\u00a0(Hebrew for\u2009<em>\u201dSafe Havens&#8221;<\/em>) was first established on 7 January 1947 as a kibbutz of the Zionist Worker Organization. Its name is taken from Isaiah 32:18:<br \/>\n\u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b8\u05e9\u05b7\u05c1\u05d1 \u05e2\u05b7\u05de\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9 \u05d1\u05b4\u05bc\u05e0\u05b0\u05d5\u05b5\u05d4 \u05e9\u05b8\u05c1\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b0\u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05db\u05b0\u05bc\u05e0\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05de\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05d8\u05b7\u05d7\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd&#8221; (\u05d9\u05e9\u05e2\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5 \u05dc&#8221;\u05d1, \u05d9&#8221;\u05d7)&#8221; \\\u00a0&#8220;And my people will dwell in a house of peace and in tabernacles with confidence&#8221; (Isaiah 32:18).<\/p>\n<p>In 1950, Moshav Mivtahim was re-established, after having to evacuate during the Israel&#8217;s War of Independence (1948), making it the oldest community in the Eshkol Regional Council. \u00a0Mivtahim has a few unique features: Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and Foreign Minister Moshe Sharet laid the moshav&#8217;s cornerstone to establish the community; it has the largest number of farmers in the regional council; it is located on a hill and at its center lays the highest point in the region; and in 1956 Mivtahim was a forward base for the IDF during the Sinai War, fenced and surrounded by firing positions and communication trenches, and from where infantry forces left for operations.<\/p>\n<p>Mivtahim was founded by immigrants from Morocco and Kurdistan and is a mixed community, with both secular and religiously traditional members. It has a synagogue and a mikveh (a pool used for the purpose of ritual immersion), a mini mart, a youth club, a members club and playgrounds. The main occupation in the community is agriculture: growing vegetables and operating plant nurseries. Demographically, Mivtahim is made up of mainly an older Sephardic population with a few young families and their children, but in the near future an expansion of almost 100 new housing units for the adult children of the community is expected, which will give a great boost to the community and the entire region.<\/p>\n<p>As Rabbi Shachar, the official rabbi of Mivtahim states, &#8220;Our vision is to increase the moshav and be a morally, united and spiritually strong community in the Western Negev. A distinct feature that characterizes the entire moshav community and the synagogue community in particular, is the love and warmth that the community has for each other.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moshav Mivtahim\u00a0(Hebrew for\u2009\u201dSafe Havens&#8221;) was first established on 7 January 1947 as a kibbutz of the Zionist Worker Organization. Its name is taken from Isaiah 32:18: \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b8\u05e9\u05b7\u05c1\u05d1 \u05e2\u05b7\u05de\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9 \u05d1\u05b4\u05bc\u05e0\u05b0\u05d5\u05b5\u05d4 \u05e9\u05b8\u05c1\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b0\u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05db\u05b0\u05bc\u05e0\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05de\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05d8\u05b7\u05d7\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd&#8221; (\u05d9\u05e9\u05e2\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5 \u05dc&#8221;\u05d1, \u05d9&#8221;\u05d7)&#8221; \\\u00a0&#8220;And my people will dwell in a house of peace and in tabernacles with confidence&#8221; (Isaiah 32:18). In 1950, Moshav [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/donate.kkl-jnf.org\/westernnegevtribute\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/community\/133"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/donate.kkl-jnf.org\/westernnegevtribute\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/community"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/donate.kkl-jnf.org\/westernnegevtribute\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/community"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/donate.kkl-jnf.org\/westernnegevtribute\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}