European Orthodox Jews established the settlement in 1878 and named it Petah Tikva after a prophecy of Hosea. Because of this, it is the oldest agricultural settlement erected by Zionist Jews in the 19th century and therefore nicknamed Em HaMoshavot, meaning mother of the moshavot.
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The name of this city, located east of Tel Aviv means “Gateway to Hope.” Religious Jews from Jerusalem established Petah Tikva on November 3, 1878.
Situated near the headwaters of the Yarqon River, the city is the most significant of several places called Aphek (Hebrew ʾafik, “riverbed”) in the Hebrew Bible ...
Sep 21, 2023 · I've been in Petah Tikva many times. It's a nice place with more than 200,000 people! It's pretty hard to fake. It means that the Israeli ...
Jan 23, 2001 · Arabs went onto Jewish-owned land in Petah Tikva and destroyed three houses.” Jews, he editorialized, should have known that some- thing ...