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Komemiyut

Coordinates: 31°39′43″N 34°43′50″E / 31.66194°N 34.73056°E / 31.66194; 34.73056
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Komemiyut
קוֹמְמִיּוּת
كومميوت
Komemiyut is located in Ashkelon region of Israel
Komemiyut
Komemiyut
Coordinates: 31°39′43″N 34°43′50″E / 31.66194°N 34.73056°E / 31.66194; 34.73056
CountryIsrael
DistrictSouthern
CouncilShafir
Founded1950
Founded byDemobilised soldiers
Population
 (2022)[1]
606

Komemiyut (Hebrew: קוֹמְמִיּוּת, lit.'"sovereignty"') is an Hasidic moshav in south-central Israel. Located in the southern Shephelah near Kiryat Gat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shafir Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 606.[1]

History

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Center of Komemiyut

The group which established the village was formed as a youth group by Agudat Israel in August 1949, composed mainly of demobilized soldiers from a religious unit that had fought in the area during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. The name is taken from a biblical passage, Leviticus 26:13:[2]

After training in Nahalat Yehuda, the group founded the moshav in 1950 on land given to it by the Jewish National Fund.[3] The village was built over the depopulated Palestinian village of Karatiyya.[4]

The moshav was built as an agricultural village, but to ensure a livelihood during the shmita year, industries were also established. The moshav has two bakeries including a matzo bakery, a dairy, a shingles factory, a marble factory, and a tefillin factory.[5][6][7] The moshav also has a program for yeshiva students, during which they study for six days and return to their homes only for shabbat and a Talmud Torah school for children.

Shmita harvest

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As it was founded by observant Jews, the village was one of the few that refrained from working the land during the first Shmita year after independence, 1952.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land (3rd ed.). Jerusalem: Carta. 1993. pp. 387–388. ISBN 965-220-186-3. I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk erect
  3. ^ "⁨דבר⁩ | עמוד 4 | 2 מאי 1949 | אוסף העיתונות | הספרייה הלאומית". www.nli.org.il.
  4. ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 119. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  5. ^ "⁨הצפה⁩ | עמוד 4 | 14 דצמבר 1953 | אוסף העיתונות | הספרייה הלאומית". www.nli.org.il.
  6. ^ "⁨דבר⁩ | עמוד 12 | 12 ספטמבר 1952 | אוסף העיתונות | הספרייה הלאומית". www.nli.org.il.
  7. ^ "⁨דבר⁩ | עמוד 8 | 24 אפריל 1959 | אוסף העיתונות | הספרייה הלאומית". www.nli.org.il.
  8. ^ Mordechai Kuber (2007). "Shmittah for the Clueless". Jewish Action: The Magazine of the Orthodox Union. Vol. 68, no. 2. p. 6875.