Kvutzat Yavne

The idea of Kvutzat Yavne was conceived in Germany; and then originally called "Kvutzat Rodges". Shortly thereafter, they immigrated to Mandate Palestine. They initially settled near Petah Tikva on land purchased by a Jewish-owned German company. Finally, in 1941, the 180-person group of German Zionists, began to build Kvutzat Yavne at its intended location. In the autumn of 1947, the kibbutz population numbered 360 people, including 171 adults and 112 children. The kibbutz continued to grow, joined by German, American, and Sabras. It came to be known as the cradle of the Religious Kibbutz Movement, with which the kibbutz is associated. File:קבוצת יבנה - מראה כללי-JNF040411.jpeg|Yavne 1945 File:יבנה - מראה-JNF000881.jpeg|Yavne 1945 File:עמדת הגנה ביבנה-JNF012627.jpeg|Yavne defence position 1947 File:Keren Hayesod Album, Kibbuz Rodges (cropped).jpg|Members of the group studying the talmud File:Keren Hayesod Album, Kibbuz Rodges01.jpg|Members of the group during morning prayer ==Economy==

Most of Yavne's agricultural production is in field crops, fruit orchards, poultry, and dairy, all contained within approximately of land. Major industry located on the kibbutz includes olive and cucumber processing plants, the Adi watch factory, and the largest chicken hatchery in the country (dispatching 600,000 chicks per day). As above, it is also the location of Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh, the first Hesder Yeshiva. The kibbutz used to run a Jewish studies program preparing candidates for conversion to Judaism, but this is no longer available. There was also a Hebrew language course (ulpan) for both Jewish students and converts (Gerim). ==Climate==

{{Weather box | width = auto | collapsed = yes | metric first = yes | single line = yes | location = Kvutzat Yavne (1991–2020) | Jan record high C = 28.9 | Feb record high C = 32.9 | Mar record high C = 38.2 | Apr record high C = 40.9 | May record high C = 43.8 | Jun record high C = 41.8 | Jul record high C = 40.5 | Aug record high C = 38.3 | Sep record high C = 40.0 | Oct record high C = 41.4 | Nov record high C = 36.4 | Dec record high C = 31.9 | year record high C = 43.8 | Jan high C = 18.0 | Feb high C = 18.7 | Mar high C = 21.1 | Apr high C = 24.2 | May high C = 27.0 | Jun high C = 28.9 | Jul high C = 30.5 | Aug high C = 31.2 | Sep high C = 30.4 | Oct high C = 28.4 | Nov high C = 24.5 | Dec high C = 20.0 | year high C = 25.2 | Jan mean C = 13.2 | Feb mean C = 13.7 | Mar mean C = 15.7 | Apr mean C = 18.5 | May mean C = 21.5 | Jun mean C = 24.0 | Jul mean C = 26.0 | Aug mean C = 26.7 | Sep mean C = 25.5 | Oct mean C = 23.2 | Nov mean C = 19.1 | Dec mean C = 15.1 | year mean C = 20.2 | Jan low C = 8.3 | Feb low C = 8.7 | Mar low C = 10.3 | Apr low C = 12.7 | May low C = 15.9 | Jun low C = 18.9 | Jul low C = 21.4 | Aug low C = 22.1 | Sep low C = 20.7 | Oct low C = 18.0 | Nov low C = 13.7 | Dec low C = 10.1 | year low C = 15.1 | Jan record low C = -0.6 | Feb record low C = 1.3 | Mar record low C = 2.7 | Apr record low C = 3.1 | May record low C = 10.0 | Jun record low C = 13.0 | Jul record low C = 16.5 | Aug record low C = 17.5 | Sep record low C = 11.7 | Oct record low C = 10.6 | Nov record low C = 4.9 | Dec record low C = 2.5 | year record low C = -0.6 | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 145.3 | Feb precipitation mm = 90.7 | Mar precipitation mm = 51.5 | Apr precipitation mm = 13.1 | May precipitation mm = 3.1 | Jun precipitation mm = 0.1 | Jul precipitation mm = 0.0 | Aug precipitation mm = 0.0 | Sep precipitation mm = 1.4 | Oct precipitation mm = 21.7 | Nov precipitation mm = 79.7 | Dec precipitation mm = 127.4 | year precipitation mm = 534.0 | unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm | Jan precipitation days = 9.8 | Feb precipitation days = 7.7 | Mar precipitation days = 5.0 | Apr precipitation days = 1.5 | May precipitation days = 0.4 | Jun precipitation days = 0.0 | Jul precipitation days = 0.0 | Aug precipitation days = 0.0 | Sep precipitation days = 0.3 | Oct precipitation days = 2.2 | Nov precipitation days = 5.3 | Dec precipitation days = 8.0 | year precipitation days = 40.2 | source = NOAA ==References==