Komemiyut
- This article is about the moshav. For the neighborhood of Jerusalem, see Talbiya.
| Komemiyut קוֹמְמִיּוּת | |
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  Komemiyut | |
| Coordinates: 31°39′43.19″N 34°43′50.16″E / 31.6619972°N 34.7306000°ECoordinates: 31°39′43.19″N 34°43′50.16″E / 31.6619972°N 34.7306000°E | |
| District | Southern |
| Council | Shafir |
| Founded | 1950 |
| Founded by | Demobilised soldiers |
| Population (2015)[1] | 534 |
Komemiyut (Hebrew: קוֹמְמִיּוּת, eng. Erect) is an ultra-orthodox-Hasidic moshav in south-central Israel. Located in the southern Shephelah near Kiryat Gat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shafir Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 534.
History
The village was established in 1950 by demobilized soldiers from a religious unit that had fought in the area during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.[2] The name is take from a biblical passage, Leviticus 26:13:[3] I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk erect.
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- ↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ↑ Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, pp.387–388, ISBN 965-220-186-3
- ↑ Carta, p.387
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