Masu'ot Yitzhak
{{Short description|Moshav in southern Israel}}
{{Infobox Israel village
| name = Masu'ot Yitzhak
| image = MasuotitchakwatertowerEfiElianDSC 2719 משואות יצחק שלט כניסה.jpg
| hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|מְשּׂוּאוֹת יִצְחָק}}
|arname= مسؤوت اسحاق / مسؤوت يتسحاك
| stdHeb = Mesu'ot Yitzhak
| founded = 1945 (in Gush Etzion)
1949 (current location)
| founded_by = Central European Jewish immigrants
| district = south
| council = Shafir
| affiliation = Hapoel HaMizrachi
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Massu'ot Yizhaq}}{{Israel populations|reference}}
| population_footnotes=
| pushpin_map=Israel ashkelon |pushpin_mapsize=250
| coordinates = {{coord|31|42|12|N|34|41|22|E|display=inline,title}}
| website = [http://www.massuot.co.il www.massuot.co.il]
}}
Masu'ot Yitzhak ({{langx|he|מְשּׂוּאוֹת יִצְחָק}}, lit. Yitzhak's Beacons) is a moshav shitufi in southern Israel. Located near Ashkelon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shafir Regional Council. The original kibbutz in Gush Etzion was destroyed and depopulated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War,{{cite book |last=Eisenberg |first=Ronald L. |date=2006 |title=The Streets of Jerusalem: Who, What, Why |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yqXXD_74yAEC&q=masu%27ot+yitzhak&pg=PA249 |location=Israel |publisher=Devora Publishing |page=249 |isbn=9781932687545}} and a new settlement was established in 1949 in a different location. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Massu'ot Yizhaq}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
History
Kibbutz Masu'ot Yitzhak was founded in 1945 in Gush Etzion, midway between Jerusalem and Hebron. The settlers were young pioneers from Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Germany who arrived before World War II. The kibbutz was named for the chief rabbi of Mandatory Palestine, Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog.{{cite web |url=https://www.homee.co.il/%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%90%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%99%D7%A6%D7%97%D7%A7/ |script-title=he:מושב משואות יצחק, שפלה דרומית |trans-title=Moshav Masuot Yitzhak, Southern Shfela |language=he |website=Eter HaBayit |access-date=April 16, 2019}}
File:The four kibbutzes of the Gush Etzion Bloc (Kfar Etzion, Ein Zurim, Massuot Yitzhak, Revadim) overlaid on the 1943 Survey of Palestine map of Beit Fajjar.jpg|The four kibbutzes of the Gush Etzion at the time of the 1948 war (Kfar Etzion, Ein Zurim, Massuot Yitzhak, Revadim) overlaid on a 1943 Survey of Palestine map
File:משואות יצחק - עליית קיבוץ "משואות יצחק" לאדמת חביילה בהרי חברון-JNF026762.jpeg|Masu’ot Yitzhak founders October 1945
File:"משואות יצחק" - קבלת פנים לאורחי "המזרחי" מחוץ לארץ ומתן שם לישוב שיהיה קשור עם שמו של הרב הרצוג.-JNF045163.jpeg|Musu'ot Yitzhak. 31 October 1945
File:משואות יצחק - עליית קיבוץ "משואות יצחק" לאדמת חביילה בהרי חברון-JNF026761.jpeg|Masu’ot Yitzhak fencing 1945
File:משואות יצחק - עליית קיבוץ "משואות יצחק" לאדמת חביילה בהרי חברון-JNF026764.jpeg|Masu’ot Yitzhak first buildings 1945
File:משואות יצחק - עליית קיבוץ "משואות יצחק" לאדמת חביילה בהרי חברון-JNF026767.jpeg|Masu’ot Yitzhak celebrations 1945
Image:Masuot Yitzhak 1947.jpg|Mas'uot Yitzhak, 1947
The settlers of Masu'ot Yitzhak rose to the challenge of living in the Judean Mountains, building homes and planting orchards. In 1948, Gush Etzion was captured by the Arab Legion. The residents of Kfar Etzion were massacred, and all other inhabitants of Gush Etzion, including the residents of Masu'ot Yitzhak, were captured and imprisoned in Jordan.{{cite book |last=Eisenberg |first=Ronald L. |date=2006 |title=The Streets of Jerusalem: Who, What, Why |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yqXXD_74yAEC&q=masu%27ot+yitzhak&pg=PA249 |location=Israel |publisher=Devora Publishing |page=249 |isbn=9781932687545}}
After their return from captivity in 1949, the Masu'ot Yitzhak pioneers established a new moshav of the same name near Shafir, a region inhabited by the Philistines in biblical times. Shafir had served as a base for the southern front of the Israeli army during the 1948 war,[http://www.massuot.co.il/ViewPage.asp?pagesCatID=2874&siteName=massuot About the community] Masu'ot Yitzhak and the land on which the new Masu'ot Yitzhak was founded had until shortly beforehand belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya.{{Citation|title=All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ |first1=Walid|last1=Khalidi|authorlink=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=Washington D.C.|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies|isbn=0-88728-224-5|page=133}}
Tzahali, a military preparatory program for religious girls, is based in Masu'ot Yitzhak.[http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/shooting-israel-seeing-jerusalem-through-the-lens-of-a-camera-1.403134 Shooting Israel: Seeing Jerusalem through the lens of a camera] Haaretz
Economy
The moshav economy is based on agriculture and industry. A reservoir was built 40 years ago to harness the winter flood waters of Nahal Lachish for farming. The water is used to irrigate {{convert|125|acre|km2}} of avocado trees.[http://www.jnf.co.uk/negev_negba.html Mas'uot Yitzhak reservoir] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101002054059/http://www.jnf.co.uk/negev_negba.html |date=2010-10-02 }} Jewish National Fund
References
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Further reading
- Yossi Katz, Between Jerusalem and Hebron: Jewish Settlement in the Pre-State Period
External links
- [http://www.massuot.co.il Village website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814135909/http://www.massuot.co.il/ |date=2012-08-14 }} {{in lang|he}}
- [http://etzion-bloc.org.il/tabid/180/Default.aspx Memorial for Masu'ot Yitzhak in Gush Etzion] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927185935/http://etzion-bloc.org.il/tabid/180/Default.aspx |date=2007-09-27 }} Etzion Bloc {{in lang|he}}
- Orit Segal (2006): [http://www.hadashot-esi.org.il/report_detail_eng.aspx?id=383&mag_id=111 Massu’ot Yizhaq Final Report], Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel, No. 118.
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{{Jewish villages depopulated during the Israeli War of Independence}}
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Category:Populated places established in 1945
Category:Populated places established in 1949
Category:Jewish villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
Category:Populated places in Southern District (Israel)
Category:1945 establishments in Mandatory Palestine
Category:1948 disestablishments in Mandatory Palestine
Category:1949 establishments in Israel
Category:Czech-Jewish culture in Israel
Category:German-Jewish culture in Israel