Lehavot Haviva

Lehavot Haviva

לְהֲבוֹת חֲבִיבָה‎
Lehavot Haviva לְהֲבוֹת חֲבִיבָה‎
	Etymology: Haviva's Flames
	Lehavot Haviva
	Coordinates: 32°23′37″N 35°0′36″E / 32.39361°N 35.01000°E
Country	Israel
District	Haifa
Council	Menashe
Affiliation	Kibbutz Movement
Founded	20 October 1949
Founded by	Czechoslovak Hashomer Hatzair members
Population (2022)	1,061
Website	lehavot-haviva.org.il

Lehavot Haviva (Hebrew: לְהֲבוֹת חֲבִיבָה, lit. 'Haviva's Flames') is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the eastern Sharon plain near the Green Line, it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 1,061.^[1]

History

The kibbutz was established on 20 October 1949 by members of Hashomer Hatzair who had immigrated from Czechoslovakia. It was named for Haviva Reik.^[2] In 1951 it moved three kilometres east to its present location onto land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian Arab village of al-Jalama.^[3] Sde Yitzhak was founded on the former site of Lehavot Haviva the following year.

References

External links

Official website (in Hebrew)

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