An Israeli collective farm or settlement, cooperatively owned and operated by its members and organized on a communal basis. Lehi Acronym for Lohamei Herut Yisrael, literally, Fighters for Israel's Freedom, a former resistance and political organization, created in 1939 and disbanded under pressure in 1948. Commonly known as the Stern Gang. See also Irgun. A cooperative smallholders' settlement of individual farms in Israel.
Individuals own their farms and personal property.
Work is organized collectively, equipment is used cooperatively, and produce is marketed jointly. Farming is done collectively, and profits are shared equally. The NIS is equivalent to 1,000 old Israeli shekels and is divided into 100 agorot. Oriental Jews See Sephardim. Pale of Settlement Area of twenty-five provinces of czarist Russia within which Jews were allowed to live, outside of which they could reside only with specific permission.