| Elyashiv | |
| Arname: | إلياشيف |
| Founded: | 13 November 1933 |
| Founded By: | Yemenite Jews |
| District: | center |
| Council: | Hefer Valley |
| Affiliation: | Hitahdut HaIkarim |
| Pushpin Map: | Israel center ta#Israel |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Coordinates: | 32.38°N 34.9097°W |
Elyashiv (lit. God will bring back) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council. In it had a population of .
The moshav was founded on a site once occupied by the Arab village Khirbet esh Sheikh Mohammed ("The ruin of Sheikh Mohammed").[1] [2] [3] Kh. esh Sheikh Muhammed became settled during the rule of Ibrahim Pasha, either by Egyptians or by hamulas (extended families) from mountain villages.[4] In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine found that it consisted of a few adobe huts among ruins.[5] Ancient glazed pottery has been found there.[2]
Although Yemenite neighborhoods had been established near many agricultural settlements, it was not until 1930 that independent Yemenite settlements were approved.[6] After a prolonged struggle by the Yemenite Workers Federation in Palestine, three moshav ovdim were established: Marmorek in 1930, Tirat Shalom in 1931, and Elyashiv on 13 November 1933.[6] Of these, Elyashiv was the largest and the only one that survived as a moshav.[6] The original fifty families were Yemenite Jews who had been in Palestine since the 1920s.[6] They belonged to an organization of Yemenite Jews called "Shabazi", founded in Petach-Tikva in 1931.[7] It is named after a high priest in the time of Nehemiah (3:1 ).[8]
The land for the moshav was provided by the Jewish National Fund, which had purchased a very large tract from a Lebanese Maronite in 1929 with the help of a bribe paid to the seller's legal representative.[9] Agricultural instructors were provided by the Jewish Agency.[10] However, unlike with other moshavot in the Hefer Valley, no financial assistance was provided by the moshav movement.[11] The first decades were marked by continual conflict with the Jewish Agency.[12]
The population was 310 in 1945 and 460 in 1952.[13] [14]
. Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Sami Hadawi. 1970. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
. Edward Henry Palmer. 1881. The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
