kibbutz

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This kibbutz is the most prosperous one in Israel.

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  1. noun A collective farm or settlement in modern Israel.

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  • My mother and father had both imbued me with Zionism; after Shlomo's death we were always about to go to Palestine (not yet Israel) and live in a kibbutz, and I was a dead-serious Hebrew student. —  BETTER TO HAVE LOVED
  • A mortar barrage hits a kibbutz, causing some damage. —  Israpundit
  • Liberals and socialists were most enthusiastic about Israel, for not only did a people who had been persecuted so cruelly and for so long deserve an opportunity to be free of oppression, but it embraced socialism and even the kibbutz or collective farming. —  redblueamerica.com blogs
  • Many personal friends from Gaza spent their weekends at the swimming pool in my kibbutz, while I used to dine with my family at the excellent fish restaurants in the neighbouring city. —  Gates of Vienna
  • On a Sabbath evening last May, families in the kibbutz, all dressed in white, headed toward the communal dining hall for the traditional supper. —  Gates of Vienna
 

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  1. Hebrew qibbûṣ, gathering, from qibbēṣ, derived stem of qābaṣ, to gather; see qbṢ́ in Semitic roots.
 

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