Even Sapir

Even Sapir (Hebrew: אֶבֶן סַפִּיר, lit sapphire. ) Is a moshav on the outskirts of Jerusalem in Israel. It falls under the jurisdiction of the regional administration Mateh Yehuda in Jerusalem District. In 2010, the population was 656

The moshav was founded in 1950 by immigrants from Kurdistan. It was named after the book Even Sapir, which was written in 1864 by the Jerusalem Rabbi Jacob Saphir; the book describes his travels to Yemen in the 19th century.

North of Even Sapir is the monastery of St. John in the wilderness, as well as a cave that is assigned to John the Baptist. The moshav is the end point of the Jerusalem Trail, a 42 -kilometer hiking route to Jerusalem, which is in turn part of the Israel National Trail.