Even Sapir
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| hebrew : | אֶבֶן סַפִּיר | ||
| arabic : | ابن سابير | ||
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| District : | Jerusalem | ||
| Founded : | 1950 | ||
| Coordinates : | 31 ° 46 ' N , 35 ° 8' E | ||
| Height : | 623 m | ||
| Residents : | 724 (as of 2018) | ||
| Community code : | 0783 | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 2 | ||
| Community type: | Moshav | ||
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Even Sapir ( Hebrew אֶבֶן סַפִּיר Even sappir ) is a moshav on the outskirts of Jerusalem in Israel . It falls under the jurisdiction of the Mateh Jehuda regional administration in the Jerusalem district . In 2018 the population was 724.
The moshaw was founded in 1950 by immigrants from Kurdistan . It was named after the book Even Sapir , which was written in 1864 by the Jerusalem rabbi Jacob Saphir ; the book describes his travels in Yemen in the 19th century.
North of Even Sapir is the monastery of St. John in the wilderness as well as a cave assigned to John the Baptist . The moshav is the end point of the Jerusalem Trail , a 42-kilometer hiking route around Jerusalem, which in turn is part of the Israel National Trail .
Web links
Commons : Even Sapir - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .
- ^ Go with the flow . In: Jerusalem Post , April 13, 2006
- ↑ Jerusalem Trail