Kvutza

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A kvutza, kvutzah, kevutza or kevutzah (Hebrew: קבוצה "group") is a form of cooperative settlement that was founded in the Second Aliyah and developed in the Third Aliyah, its principles are based on the existence of a cooperative, communal, small and intimate group.

The settlers of the group lived in full cooperation (a common fund for expenses and income, without private property) and without external control (warehouses etc).