Sdei Trumot

Sdei Trumot (Hebrew: שדי תרומות) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Beit She'an Valley about 7 km (4 mi) south of Beit She'an, it falls under the jurisdiction of Valley of Springs Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 494.^[1]

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Coordinates: 32°26′25″N 35°29′10″E
Country	Israel
District	Northern
Council	Valley of Springs
Affiliation	Hapoel HaMizrachi
Founded	1951
Founded by	Jewish immigrants from Sandur, Iraq
Population  (2022)[1]	494

The moshav is one of four moshavim in the "Bikurah" bloc. The others are Revaya, Rehov, and Tel Teomim, which are l located nearby.

History

The village founded in 1951 by Kurdish Jews immigrants from the village of Sandur in Iraq. The name "Sdei Trumot" is based on the lamentation of David for Saul and Jonathan who were killed in a war against the Philistines on nearby Mount Gilboa. The words "Sdei trumot," meaning "fields of offerings," appear in Samuel II, chapter 1, verse 21.^[2]

Sdei Trumot was established on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Samiriyya.^[3]

On 19 June 2003, a suicide attack in the moshav killed the storekeeper, Avner Mordechai.^[4]

Economy

The primary source of income in the early days was agriculture and cattle raising. Today the village operates greenhouses and uses advanced technology.