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Revision as of 15:18, 4 March 2008 by SmackBot (talk | contribs) (Date the maintenance tags or general fixes)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Even Sapir (Template:Lang-he) (lit. sapphire) is an Israeli moshav near Jerusalem, Israel. Founded in 1950 by olim from Kurdistan, it now has a population of 480 residents. Even Sapir is part of the Matte Yehuda Regional Council.
The moshav was named after Even Sapir, written in 1864 by Rabbi Yaakov Halevi Sapir. The book describes the life and costumes of the Jews of Yemen in the 19th century.
On the north of the moshav is the St. John in the Desert monastery and a cave attributed to John the Baptist.
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