{{Short description|Kibbutz in southern Israel}} {{Infobox Israel village | name = Revivim | hebname = רְבִיבִים |arname=رفيفيم | image = Avenue Revivim.jpg | caption = | founded = 7 July 1943 | founded_by = Italian Noar HaOved Members |country = {{ISR}} | district = south | affiliation = Kibbutz Movement <!--| council = Ramat Negev--> | council = Ramat HaNegev | popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}} | population = {{Israel populations|Revivim}} | population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}} | pushpin_map=Israel north negev#Israel |pushpin_mapsize=250 | coordinates = {{coord|31|2|37|N|34|43|16|E|display=inline,title}} | meaning = Rainshowers | website = [http://www.revivim.org.il/ www.revivim.org.il] }}
'''Revivim''' ({{langx|he|רְבִיבִים||(rain) showers}}) is a kibbutz in the Negev desert in southern Israel. Located around half an hour south of Beersheba, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Revivim}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
==History== ===1943 establishment=== The community was formed in 1943 in Rishon LeZion with help from the UK government by young Jewish refugees (olim) from Austria, Italy and Germany, all of whom were members of HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed who had been educated at kibbutz Givat Brenner.
The kibbutz itself was established on 7 July 1943, as one of the "three lookouts" of the northern Negev, and was initially named '''Tel HaTzofim''' (lit. ''Scout's Hill''). It was later renamed Revivim*{{meaning|date= January 2024}} by Berl Katznelson after the magazine edited by Yosef Haim Brenner (for whom Givat Brenner was named), and its name is also taken from the Bible, {{bibleverse|Psalm|65:11}}: "You (Lord) ... level its ridges, you soften it with showers."<ref>Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.400, {{ISBN|965-220-186-3}} (English)</ref>
<nowiki>*</nowiki>The name Revivim was given to the group by Berel Katznelson, who sought in this way to emphasize the affinity of the core of the group (which received its training at Kibbutz Givat Brenner) to the writer Yosef Haim Brenner, who at the time edited a journal called "Revivim".
===1948 war=== During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Revivim fell behind Egyptian lines for several months. Members of the kibbutz lived in underground dugouts, and received food supplies by air and convoys that ran the Egyptian battle lines. Thirty members of the kibbutz survived the war, while eight were killed in raids and pitched battles with Egyptian forces.<ref>{{cite book |last=Douglas |first1=William O. |authorlink=William O. Douglas |title=Strange Lands and Friendly People |url=https://archive.org/details/strangelandsfrie00doug |url-access=registration |location=New York, New York |publisher=Harper & Brothers |year=1951 |page=[https://archive.org/details/strangelandsfrie00doug/page/287 287] }}</ref>
====Mizpe Revivim 1948 museum==== Near the kibbutz stands '''Mizpe Revivim'''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Limited |first=Alamy |title=Mizpe Revivim Fortress, in kibbutz Revivim in the Negev desert, in southern Israel. The community was formed in 1943 as one of the three lookouts, and was initially named Tel HaTzofim. During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Revivim fell behind Egyptian lines for several months. Members of the kibbutz lived in underground dugouts, and received food supplies by air and convoys that ran the Egyptian battle lines Stock Photo - Alamy |url=https://www.alamy.com/stock-image-mizpe-revivim-fortress-in-kibbutz-revivim-in-the-negev-desert-in-southern-162595671.html |access-date=2026-04-03 |website=www.alamy.com |language=en}}</ref> (lit. ''Revivim lookout''), a museum depicting the history of the "lookout" observer points and the events of the 1948 war in the northern Negev.<ref>[http://israelplaces.christ2020.de/#o Here You'll find more information about Mizpe Revivim.]</ref> <gallery> File:רביבים - מראה כללי-JNF040379.jpeg|Revivim 1945 File:רביבים - במצפה-JNF025224.jpeg|Revivim 1945 File:Kibbutz Revivim 1947.jpg|Kibbutz Revivim 1947 File:Revivim.jpg|Revivim. 1948 File:רביבים (תל צופים) - בריכה לאגירת מים-JNF029341.jpeg|Revivim reservoir 1946 </gallery>
==Economy== thumb|Revivim milking parlor Revivim's economy is based on agriculture, including olive groves (irrigated with brackish water),<ref>[http://support.jnf.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=9926 Making Oil from Water; Negev Economy Thrives As Israeli Farmers Use JNF Water and Technology]</ref> a large dairy farm and a chicken hatchery. Aside from agriculture, Revivim has interests in a variety of industries including an injection moulding company ("Raviv") and a company that designs and produces valves for automotive fuel systems ("Raval").<ref>[https://revivim.kibbutz.org.il/cgi-webaxy/item?276 Background on Kibbutz Revivim]</ref>
==Notable people==
* Golda Meir, late Prime Minister of Israel
==See also== *11 points in the Negev, Zionist settlement project
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.revivim.org.il/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026081940/http://www.revivim.org.il// |date=2007-10-26 }} {{in lang|he}} *[http://eng.negev-net.org.il/HTMLs/article.aspx?C2004=12760 Revivim] Negev Information Centre
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