Kvutzat Yavne

Kvutzat Yavne () is a releegious kibbutz in the Center Destrict o Israel. Locatit in the coastal plain juist east o Ashdod, it faws unner the jurisdiction o Hevel Yavne Regional Cooncil. In 2007 it haed a population o 1,100.

History
The idea o Kvutzat Yavne wis conceived in Germany. The intention o the foonders wis tae mak the aurie near auncient Yavne (frae which it takes its name) the steid o a releegious kibbutz an a yeshiva. Thir foonders, members o the Releegious Zionist muivement, began tae prepare thairsels for agricultural wirk on German ferms in 1929. Shortly thereefter, thay immigratit tae Mandate Palestine. Thay initially settled near Petah Tikva on land purchased bi a Jewish-awned German company. Feenally, in 1941, the 180-person group o German Zionists, began tae big Kvutzat Yavne at its intendit location. The kibbutz continued tae grow, jynt bi German, American, an Sabras. It came tae be kent as the cradle o the Releegious Kibbutz Muivement, wi which the kibbutz is associatit.

Economy
Maist o Yavne's agricultural production is in field crops, fruit orcharts, poutrie, an dairy, aw contained athin approximately 1,500 acres (6.1 km2) o land. Major industry locatit on the kibbutz includes olive an cucumber processin plants, the Adi watch factory, an the lairgest chicken hatchery in the kintra (dispatchin 600,000 chicks per day). It is an aa the location o Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh, the first Hesder Yeshiva. The kibbutz runs a Jewish studies program that prepares candidates for conversion tae Judaism. Thare is an aa an Ebreu ulpan for baith Jewish students an Gerim.

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Category:Hevel Yavne Regional Cooncil
Category:Kibbutzim
Category:Releegious Kibbutz Muivement
Category:Populatit places established in 1941
Category:Populatit places in Central Destrict (Israel)