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Sign: Petah Tikva - the first furrow in Petah Tikva


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Yehoshua Shtampfer St 15, Petah Tikva, Israel
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On the sign:
סמל העיר פתח תקווה
סמל המחלקה לשימור אתרים - עיריית פתח תקוה

התלם הראשון בפתח תקוה
כאן, במקום זה, ו’ חנוכה, ל’ כסלו שנת תרל"ט, דצמבר 1878, יומיים לאחר רדת הגשמים הראשונים, התאספה קבוצת מתיישבים לבצע את החריש והזריעה הראשונים.

נעיצת המחרשה לביצוע התלם הראשון נפלה בגורלו של יהודה ראב, אחריו אחזו במחרשה דוד גוטמן, יהושע שטמפפר, דוד רגנר, נתן גרינגרט ואליעזר ראב, אביו של יהודה.

יהושע שטמפפר, בתופסו במחרשה, התרגש, פרץ בבכי ואמר:
"אשרינו שזכינו לכך, היותינו מהלכים אחרי התלם הראשון שחורשת מחרשה יהודית באדמת הנביאים, לאחר שנעדרו מארץ אבותינו, משך שנות הגלות הארוכה, ברוך שהחיינו וקיימנו והגיענו לזמן הזה".
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The sign, located in Founders’ Square, is on an outdoor statue of Reuven Gafni, as can be seen in the following photo taken that day Click for a larger image

The statue itself is in the center of the square above the name of the square, as can be seen on the website Click for sign's details

Translation of the text on the sign:
The emblem of the city of Petah Tikva
Symbol of the Department of Site Preservation - Petah Tikva Municipality

The first furrow in Petah Tikva
Here, in this place, on the eve of Hanukkah, Lamed. Kislev, December 1878, two days after the first rains, a group of settlers gathered to perform the first plowing and sowing.

The plowing of the plow to make the first furrow fell to Yehuda Rab, followed by David Gutman, Yehoshua Stampfer, David Ragnar, Natan Greengert and Eliezer Rab, Yehuda’s father.

Joshua Stampfer, when he caught the plow, got excited, burst into tears and said:
"We are blessed to have won this, being walking after the first furrow that plows a Jewish plow in the land of the prophets, having been absent from the land of our fathers, for the years of the long exile, Blessed are You, who has granted us life, sustained us, and enabled us to reach this occasion."

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