שכונת הצריפים
בשנת 1912 הגיעו לראשון-לציון שש עשרה משפחות מאזור שרעב שבדרום תימן. הם היו חלק מגל העלייה שעורר שמואל יבניאלי, שליח "המשרד הארץ ישראלי". לבקשת ארתור רופין הקצה להם ועד המושבה ארבעה דונם בדרום המושבה, עליהם הוקמו ארבע צריפים אשר לימים כונו "שכונת הצריפים". כל צריף חולק לארבעה חדרים, חדר לכל משפחה. במרוצת השנים הצטרפו למקום זה עולים נוספים שבאו מתימן.

A sign from a series of signs marking the 100th anniversary of the Yemenite settlement in Rishon Lezion Click for sign's details Click for sign's details Click for sign's details Click for sign's details Click for sign's details Click for sign's details Click for sign's details

Translation of the text on the sign:
The emblem of the city of Rishon Lezion
Symbol of the 100th anniversary of the Yemenite settlement in Rishon Lezion
Emblem of the Rishon Lezion Museum

Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south
Song of Songs
1909 - 2009
100 years since the Yemenite settlement in Rishon Lezion

The barracks neighborhood
In 1912, sixteen families arrived in Rishon Lezion from the Sharab region in southern Yemen. They were part of the wave of aliyah started by Shmuel Yavnieli, the emissary of the Eretz Israel Ministry. At the request of Arthur Ruppin, the colony committee allocated them four dunams in the south of the colony, on which four barracks were built, which were later called the "barracks neighborhood." Each hut is divided into four rooms, one room for each family. Over the years, more immigrants from Yemen joined this place.