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5 Lirot pound Kibbutz Hafetz Haim
| Issuer | Kibbutz Hafetz Haim |
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| Year | 1973 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed internal voucher on light green paper in black ink. The kibbutz name in Hebrew appears at top, with the denomination "5" and the value in Lirot stated in the body text. A blank signature line is ruled at the base for authorization. |
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| Obverse lettering | תלוש פנימי תשל״ג חפץ חיים המחאה לקופה בסך -.5 ל״י חתימה___ (Translation: Internal note - kibbutz Hafetz Haim 5 Lirot (pound) Register cashier check) |
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Kibbutz scrip occupies a genuinely unusual corner of Israeli notaphily. Hafetz Haim, a religious kibbutz founded in 1944 near Gedera and affiliated with the Mizrachi movement, issued internal currency for use within the kibbutz economy — a closed system where members drew goods and services rather than wages. This note circulated not as legal tender but as an internal accounting instrument, redeemable only within the kibbutz's own cooperative framework.
The kibbutz takes its name from the influential Polish rabbi and halachic authority Yisrael Meir Kagan. By 1973, such scrip issues were already becoming anachronistic as kibbutzim modernized their internal bookkeeping.