Yish'i

Yish'i
Yish'i
Coordinates: 31°45′2.51″N 34°58′0.47″E / 31.7506972°N 34.9667972°E / 31.7506972; 34.9667972Coordinates: 31°45′2.51″N 34°58′0.47″E / 31.7506972°N 34.9667972°E / 31.7506972; 34.9667972
District Jerusalem
Council Mateh Yehuda
Affiliation Hapoel HaMizrachi
Founded 12 July 1950
Founded by Yemenite Jews
Population (2015)[1] 738

Yish'i (Hebrew: יִשְׁעִי, lit. My Salvation) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 738.

History

The village was established on 12 July 1950 by immigrants from Yemen. Its name it taken from Psalms 27:1;

The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

The modern village is built near the ancient biblical ruin of Beit Shemesh (Arabic: ʿAin Shems).[2] Directly to the south-west of the modern village lies another ancient ruin, believed to date back to the Second Temple period, now called Khurbet Bîr el-Leimûn (the Lemon well).[3]

References

  1. "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. On this ancient biblical site, see I Samuel 6:1–ff.
  3. Survey of Western Palestine, 1880 Map, Map 17: IAA, Wikimedia commons, as surveyed and drawn under the direction of Lieut. C.R. Conder and H.H. Kitchener, May 1878.
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