Herev Le'et

Herev Le'et חֶרֶב לְאֵת‎
Herev Le'et
Herev Le'et
Coordinates: 32°24′5.04″N 34°54′59.76″E / 32.4014000°N 34.9166000°ECoordinates: 32°24′5.04″N 34°54′59.76″E / 32.4014000°N 34.9166000°E
District	Central
Council	Hefer Valley
Affiliation	Agricultural Union
Founded	1947
Founded by	Demobbed soldiers
Population (2015)[1]	850

Herev Le'et (Hebrew: חֶרֶב לְאֵת‎, lit. Sword to Plowshare) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the coastal plain to the south of Hadera and covering 1,750 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 850.

History

The moshav was founded in 1947 by demobilised soldiers from the British and Czechoslovak Army. Its name is taken from the Book of Isaiah, 2:4;

And He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.^[2]

References

1. "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
2. Isaiah Chapter 2 Mechon Mamre