Sde Moshe

Sde Moshe שְׂדֵה מֹשֶׁה
Sde Moshe
Coordinates: 31°36′38.16″N 34°48′7.91″E / 31.6106000°N 34.8021972°ECoordinates: 31°36′38.16″N 34°48′7.91″E / 31.6106000°N 34.8021972°E
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."

References

1. "Locality File" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2008. Retrieved 2010-06-22.