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in south-central Israel. Located in the southern Shephelah near Kiryat Gat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shafir Regional Council. In it had a population of .

History

The group which established the village was formed as a youth group by Agudat Israel in August 1949, composed mainly of demobilized soldiers from a religious unit that had fought in the area during the

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. The name is take from a biblical passage, Leviticus 26:13: After training in Nahalat Yehuda, the group founded the moshav in 1950 on land given to it by the

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. The village was built over the depopulated Palestinian village of

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. The moshav was built as an agricultural village, but to ensure a livelihood during the

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year, industries were also established. The moshav has two bakeries including a matzo bakery, a dairy, a shingles factory, a marble factory, and a tefillin factory.http://jpress.org.il/Olive/APA/NLI_Heb/SharedView.Article.aspx?parm=0wrBjcC3LYbX1bDtwy7y8k8oMqDHrQFQJAxiCherlksZxYRAJV30TrE9msyoQgZWYw%3D%3D&mode=image&href=DAV%2f1959%2f04%2f24&page=8&rtl=true The moshav also has a program for yeshiva students, during which they study for six days and return to their homes only for

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and a Talmud Torah school for children.

Shmita harvest

As it was founded by observant Jews, the village was one of the few that refrained from working the land during the first Shmita year after independence, 1952.

References

{{Shafir Regional Council Moshavim Religious Israeli communities Populated places established in 1950 Populated places in Southern District (Israel) 1950 establishments in Israel