KEFAR ḤASIDIM — (Heb. כְּפַר חֲסִידִים), moshav and suburban area in the Zebulun Valley, 7½ mi. (12 km.) S.E. of Haifa, Israel. The moshav, affiliated to Ha Po el ha Mizrachi Moshavim Association, was founded in 1924 by two groups of Ḥasidim from Poland who,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
KEFAR SAVA — (Heb. כְּפַר סָבָא), town in central Israel, in the southern Sharon, near the Arab village Kafr Sābā. Ḥibbat Zion bought the holdings in 1892, but settlement began in 1896 when the land was taken over by baron edmond de rothschild , who invested… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
KEFAR YASIF — (Heb. כְּפַר יָסִיף), a large village at the foot of the mountains of Upper Galilee, about 7 mi. (10 km.) N.E. of Acre. The antiquity of the name Kefar Yasif is alluded to in the Septuagint, which instead of Hosah, the portion of Asher (Josh.… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
KEFAR GILADI — (Heb. כְּפַר גִּלְעָדִי), kibbutz in N. Israel, on the N.W. rim of the Ḥuleh Valley, affiliated to Iḥud ha Kevuẓot ve ha Kibbutzim. Founded in 1916 on jewish colonization association (ICA) land, Kefar Giladi was established by ha shomer… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
KEFAR DAROM — (Heb. כְּפַר דָּרוֹם), locality in the southern coastal plain of Philistia. It is first mentioned in the Talmud as the seat of R. Eleazar b. Isaac (Sot. 20b). It was captured by the Arabs in 634 and in Crusader times it was a fortress called… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
KEFAR EẒYON — (Heb. כְּפַר צֶעְיוֹן), kibbutz in the Hebron Hills about 14 mi. (23 km.) S. of Jerusalem, affiliated to ha kibbutz ha dati . A first attempt at settlement there was made by religious Jews from Iraq who established Migdal Eder (1926/27; the place … Encyclopedia of Judaism
KEFAR GAMALA — (Heb. כְּפַר גַּמְלָא), ancient village in the territory of Jerusalem. It is mentioned in Byzantine sources as the place where the tomb of R. Gamaliel , the grandson of Hillel the Elder, the teacher of the apostle paul , was discovered following… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
KEFAR SHEMARYAHU — (Heb. כְּפַר שְׁמַרְיָהוּ), semi rural Israeli settlement with municipal council status in the southern Sharon. Kefar Shemaryahu is named after shemaryahu levin . Founded in 1937 as a middle class moshav by immigrants from Germany, from the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
KEFAR ḤABAD — (Heb. כְּפַר חַבָּ״ד), village in central Israel near the Lydda–Tel Aviv railway, established by Ḥabad Ḥasidim in 1949. Founded on the initiative of the Lubavitch rabbi Joseph Isaac Shneersohn, Kefar Ḥabad was initially intended for Ḥabad… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
KEFAR ḤITTIM — (Heb. כְּפַר חִטִּים), moshav shittufi northwest of Tiberias. After earlier attempts at settlement failed, the settlement was renewed in 1924 by a Ha Po el ha Mizrachi moshav group, which was replaced in 1932 by a group of Sephardi Jews who left… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
