Nahalal
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Nahalal, a moshav (communal agriculture settlement) in Israel's Jezreel Valley was the first moshav established in Israel. It derives its name from a biblical town in the of the land of the Tribe of Zebulun (of the twelve tribes of Israel), that her name became Mahlul in the mishna period then to an Arab village nearby with the same name. The moshav was designed by the architect Richard Kauffman.
[edit] History
Nahalal's founders immigrated to Palestine from Eastern Europe in what is known as the second immigration and third immigration between the years 1904-1914 (end of the Ottoman rule). After working in farming communities for approximately 10 years, the founders wished to establish a communal farming community similar to a kibbutz, but keep their individual family structure (kibbutzim had communal dining and children slept in separate housing). The Nahalal pioneers first came to its location September 11, 1921. From the hill they first reached they viewed the land given to them by the Jewish National Fund. The small rivulets created marshes and with it the Anopheles mosquito that spreads the malaria. The fear and warnings of the experts among them Dr. Hillel Yafe - an expert to the war of malaria - persuaded them to temporarily stay on the hill. Later the founders came down from the hill and began to divide the land initially to 80 equal parts , 77 to the members and 3 to the agricultural school. This equal division became the trademark of Nahalal - its geometric shape.
Among Nahalal's famous members lived Moshe Dayan , Yehonatan Geffen , Shmuel Dayan, Yael Dayan, Assi Dayan, Meir Shalev , Hannah Szenes
 The main square of Nahalal, with local kids- aparantly in the 1930`s |
 September 11, 1921- The first settlers arrive by horse and wagon from Mikve Israel |
