About Petach Tikva
Petach Tikva,(where Ein Ganim School is located), is in the centre of Israel and is Israel's fifth largest city. It is a highly industrialized area including a great many high tech institutions. The city, founded in 1878, was the first part of Jewish settlement in Israel. Approxmately 170,000 people live in Petach Tikva and the honorable mayor is Mr. Itzhak Ohayen.
In Hebrew, the meaning of the words: "Petach - Tikva" is "opening of hope ". It is called Petach-Tikva because when the first prisoners came here to settle in this place, they feared because there were swamps, mud and sickness everywhere. But they had hope.
This is how it began
Petach- Tikva was founded in the year 1878 by a group of pioneers from Jerusalem. The three men to take the initiative from Jerusalem, in founding Petach- Tikva, were: Rabbi Yoel- Moshe Salomon, Rabbi David Gutman and Yehoshua Stampfer. Thus Petach-Tikva became the mother of all settlements. Ten years after its establishment, in 1888, Baron Rothschild began to support the settlement by the purchase of land by helping the farmers of the settlement. Petach- Tikva became the school for thousands of pioneer workers, who studied the craft of farming here before they ventured out to establish tens of settlements in all parts of the country. Today the number of citizens amounts to around 180 thousand souls. The area of jurisdiction is 39,00 Donums, half of it built-up.
Petach- Tikva was founded in the year 1878 by a group of pioneers from Jerusalem. The three men to take the initiative from Jerusalem, in founding Petach- Tikva, were: Rabbi Yoel- Moshe Salomon, Rabbi David Gutman and Yehoshua Stampfer. Thus Petach-Tikva became the mother of all settlements. Ten years after its establishment, in 1888, Baron Rothschild began to support the settlement by the purchase of land by helping the farmers of the settlement. Petach- Tikva became the school for thousands of pioneer workers, who studied the craft of farming here before they ventured out to establish tens of settlements in all parts of the country. Today the number of citizens amounts to around 180 thousand souls. The area of jurisdiction is 39,00 Donums, half of it built-up.
The synagogue was built in the year 1890, it is made of cemented dunes. There are four clocks on the facade of the synagogue. In the middle there is clock having reached the age of 60 years. There are three sundials beside the doors.
The first concrete house in Israel was built in the year 1912 and used for the watering company of Palestine (the official name of the Land of Israel during the British Mandate period).
The first concrete house in Israel was built in the year 1912 and used for the watering company of Palestine (the official name of the Land of Israel during the British Mandate period).