Sdei Avraham Explained

Sdei Avraham
Foundation:1981
District:south
Council:Eshkol
Affiliation:Moshavim Movement
Pushpin Map:Israel northwest negev#Israel
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Label Position:top
Coordinates:31.2128°N 34.3364°W

Sdei Avraham (Hebrew: שְׂדֵי אַבְרָהָם||Avraham Fields) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the Hevel Shalom area of the north-western Negev desert near the Gaza Strip border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In it had a population of .

History

The moshav was founded in 1981 and was initially named Yesodot HaDarom (Hebrew: יְסוֹדוֹת הַדָּרוֹם, lit. Foundations of the South), but was later renamed after Avraham Herzfeld, a leader of Mapai.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Mapa Publishing. 965-7184-34-7. 526. Yuval Elʻazari. Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel. Tel Aviv. 2005. he.