The moshav was founded in 1955 by
Jewish immigrants from the Moroccan youth movement
HaNoar HaTzioni, as part of the effort to settle the region. It was named after Zalman David Levontin, a
Russian banker, pioneer of Jewish settlement in the Land of Israel and the founder and director of the
Anglo-Palestine Bank (which later became
Bank Leumi). Sde David was founded in 1955 on land belonging to the depopulated
Palestinian village of
Burayr. ==References==