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Mazkeret Batya was established on November 7, 1883 by 11 pioneers from Russia, one of which was Avraham Yaakov Gelman, and 7 local Jews. It was originally called '''Ekron''', the first agricultural settlement of the [[Hovevei Zion]] movement. The land was purchased by [[Edmond James de Rothschild|Baron Rothschild]] in an early attempt to introduce Jewish farming in Palestine. Rabbi [[Shmuel Mohilever]] was instrumental in mobilizing funding and organizing the settlers. Mohilever's remains were later reinterred in the Mazkeret Batya cemetery. In 1887 the name was changed to Mazkeret Batya, in memory of Betty Solomon de Rothschild, mother of Baron Edmond James de Rothschild. The history of the founding is described in the book "Rebels in the Holy Land", by the historian Sam Finkle.
The economy of the village was originally based on dry farming, which continued even after the [[Mekorot]] Company constructed a pipeline to bring water from [[Rehovot]].<ref name="JNF 1948">{{cite book | title=Jewish Villages in Israel | author=
According to a [[1922 census of Palestine|census]] conducted in 1922 by the [[British Mandate for Palestine (legal instrument)|British Mandate authorities]], Mazkeret Batya (then Ekron) had a population 368 Jews.<ref name="Census1922">[https://archive.org/details/PalestineCensus1922]</ref>
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