Sha'alvim
{{Short description|Kibbutz in central Israel}}
{{Infobox Israel village
| name = Sha'alvim
| hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|שַׁעַלְבִים}}
| image = SHAALBIM002.JPG
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| founded = 13 August 1951
| founded_by = Ezra-Nahal Members
| district = center
| council = Gezer
| affiliation = Poalei Agudat Yisrael
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| population = {{Israel populations|Sha'alvim}}
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|coordinates = {{coord|31|52|7|N|34|59|7|E|display=inline,title}}
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Sha'alvim ({{langx|he|שַׁעַלְבִים}}) is a religious kibbutz in central Israel and one of only two affiliated with Poalei Agudat Yisrael (Hafetz Haim being the other). Located near the city of Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Sha'alvim}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
History
During the 18th and 19th centuries, the area of Sha'alvim belonged to the Nahiyeh (sub-district) of Lod that encompassed the area of the present-day city of Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut in the south to the present-day city of El’ad in the north, and from the foothills in the east, through the Lod Valley to the outskirts of Jaffa in the west. This area was home to thousands of inhabitants in about 20 villages, who had at their disposal tens of thousands of hectares of prime agricultural land.{{Cite journal |last=Marom |first=Roy |date=2022 |title=Lydda Sub-District: Lydda and its countryside during the Ottoman period |url=https://www.academia.edu/79946175/Lydda_Sub_District_Lydda_and_its_countryside_during_the_Ottoman_period_%D7%A0%D7%A4%D7%AA_%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%93_%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%93_%D7%95%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%97%D7%91_%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A4%D7%99_%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%94_%D7%91%D7%AA%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%AA |journal=Diospolis - City of God: Journal of the History, Archaeology and Heritage of Lod |volume=8 |pages=103–136}}
The kibbutz was founded on 13 August 1951 by a Nahal group from the Ezra movement, on lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Salbit.{{cite book|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=410}} It was named after a biblical location mentioned in Joshua.{{bibleverse||Joshua|19:42|HE}} Judges,{{bibleverse||Judges|1:35|HE}} and Kings,{{bibleverse|1|Kings|4:9|HE}} probably located here.{{cite book
|year= 2001
|orig-year= 1972
|author1-last= Negev |author1-first= Avraham
|author2-last= Gibson |author2-first= Shimon
|title= Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land
|location= New York, London
|publisher= The Continuum Publishing Group
|isbn= 9780826485717
|page= 458
}} The hill between the kibbutz and Nof Ayalon is commonly known as Tel Sha'alvim. Until the Six-Day War it was a target of numerous attacks from the West Bank due to its proximity to the Green Line. According to a document captured from the Jordanian Arab Legion, the legion was planning to attack the village and massacre all its residents.{{cite book|title=Lexicon of the Land of Israel|publisher=Miskal - Yedioth Ahronoth Books and Chemed Books|language=Hebrew|year=1999|first=Immanuel|last=HaReuveni|pages=922|isbn=965-448-413-7}}
In 1961, a yeshiva, Yeshivat Sha'alvim, was founded in Sha'alvim, and later became a large regional religious education facility.
References
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Category:Populated places established in 1951
Category:Religious Israeli communities