Sde Moshe

Sde Moshe שְׂדֵה מֹשֶׁה
Sde Moshe
Coordinates: 31°36′38.16″N 34°48′7.91″E / 31.6106000°N 34.8021972°E / 31.6106000; 34.8021972Coordinates: 31°36′38.16″N 34°48′7.91″E / 31.6106000°N 34.8021972°E / 31.6106000; 34.8021972
Council	Lakhish
Region	Hevel Lakhish
Founded	1956
Population (2008)	423[1]
Name meaning	Moshe('s) Field

Sde Moshe (Hebrew: שְׂדֵה מֹשֶׁה, lit. Moshe Field) is a moshav in Hevel Lakhish, about 3 km east of Kiryat Gat, in south-central Israel. It belongs to the Lakhish Regional Council.

Sde Moshe was founded in 1956 as part of a movement from the city to the village, on land of the depopulated Arab village Iraq al-Manshiyya. It is named after Baron Maurice de Hirsch, whose Hebrew name was Moshe, and who was one of the founders of the Jewish Colonization Association. It was originally named "Sde Yeshayahu."

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