Sde Moshe
{{Short description|Moshav in southern Israel}}
{{Infobox Israel village
| name = Sde Moshe
| image = Sde Moshe Aerial View.jpg
| hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|שְׂדֵה מֹשֶׁה}}
|arname=سدي موشي
| meaning = Moshe's Field
| founded = 1956
| founded_by =
| district = south
| council = Lakhish
| affiliation = Moshavim Movement
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Sede Moshe}}
| population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}}
| pushpin_map = Israel ashkelon |pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_label_position = top
| coordinates = {{coord|31|36|38|N|34|48|8|E|display=inline,title}}
| website =
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Sde Moshe ({{langx|he|שְׂדֵה מֹשֶׁה}}, lit. Moshe Field) is a moshav in south-central Israel. Located in Hevel Lakhish, about three kilometres east of Kiryat Gat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lakhish Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Sede Moshe}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
History
Sde Moshe was founded in 1956 as part of a movement from the city to the village, on land of the depopulated Palestinian village Iraq al-Manshiyya.{{cite book|title=All That Remains|first1=Walid|last1=Khalidi|authorlink=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=Washington D.C.|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies|ISBN=0-88728-224-5}} p.108
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 Eliyahu."Hareouveni, Emanouel (1974). The Settlements of Israel and Their Archaeological sites (in Hebrew). Israel: Hakibbutz Hameuchad. p. 313-314
References
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Category:Populated places established in 1956