Yesodot | |
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Coordinates: 31°48′51.83″N 34°51′56.51″E / 31.8143972°N 34.8656972°ECoordinates: 31°48′51.83″N 34°51′56.51″E / 31.8143972°N 34.8656972°E | |
District | Central |
Council | Nahal Sorek |
Affiliation | Poalei Agudat Yisrael |
Founded | 1948 |
Founded by | Hungarian and Polish immigrants |
Population (2015) | 907 |
Yesodot (Hebrew: יְסוֹדוֹת, lit. Foundations) is a religious moshav shitufi in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah, it falls under the jurisdiction of Nahal Sorek Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 907.
The village was established at a control point on the Burma Road in 1948 during the Arab–Israeli War on land that had belonged to the depopulated Arab village of Umm Kalkha. The community had been established two years earlier by immigrants from Hungary and Poland.