It was named after the farm adjacent to Hadera, where the original settlers worked before they relocated and founded the community.

[2] The name, chosen by Olga Hankin, derives from the Bible, where God speaks about his love for Israel: "My delight in her."

[3] According to the 1922 census of Palestine conducted in 1922 by the British Mandate authorities, Heftziba had a population of 125 inhabitants, consisting of 123 Jews and 2 Muslims.

[5] On Thursday, July 31, 1986, at approximately 5:00 PM, ten teenager members of the kibbutz were killed following a head-on collision with a semi-trailer, while driving back from a summer camp.

It contains an ancient Byzantine-era synagogue with a mosaic floor depicting the lunar Hebrew months as they correspond to the signs of the zodiac.