Sde Ya'akov

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Sde Ya'akov (Hebrew: שדה יעקב‎, lit. Jacob's Field) is a moshav in Israel in the Jezreel Valley. Sde Ya'akov is 75 meters above sea level.

[edit] History

Established in 1927, the moshav is named in honor of Rabbi Yitzchak Yaacov Reines, was the first settlement established by the Zionist party Mizrahi Workers.

[edit] Demographics

According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), the population of Sde Ya'akov since 1948 was:

• 1948 - 468
• 1961 - 558
• 1972 - 449
• 1983 - 605
• 1995 - 862