Kfar Aviv
| Kfar Aviv כְּפַר אָבִיב | |
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| Council | Gederot |
| Region | Southern Coastal Plain |
| Affiliation | Agricultural Union |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Founded by | Egyptian immigrants |
| Website | www.gderot.com/v_kfar_aviv.asp |
Kfar Aviv (Hebrew: כְּפַר אָבִיב, lit. Village of Spring) is a moshav in the South District of Israel, near Ashdod. It belongs to the Gederot Regional Council.
Kfar Aviv was founded in 1952 by the Jewish Agency. It was intended to absorb immigrants to Israel 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.[1]
In Kfar Aviv there are 185 families. The land area used for farming covers about 2,000 dunams. Most inhabitants of the village work elsewhere.[2]
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- ↑ Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Yuval Elʻazari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 282. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
- ↑ "Kfar Aviv". Gderot.com (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2008-06-08.
Coordinates: 31°49′53.03″N 34°43′17.39″E / 31.8313972°N 34.7214972°E
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