Rishpon ( he, רִשְׁפּוֹן) is a

moshav A moshav ( he, מוֹשָׁב, plural ', lit. ''settlement, village'') is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 an ...

in the Central District of

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. Located in the

Sharon plain The Sharon plain ( ''HaSharon Arabic: سهل شارون Sahel Sharon'') is the central section of the Israeli coastal plain. The plain lies between the Mediterranean Sea to the west and the Samarian Hills, to the east. It stretches from Nahal ...

near

Herzliya Herzliya ( ; he, הֶרְצְלִיָּה ; ar, هرتسليا, Hirtsiliyā) is an affluent city in the central coast of Israel, at the northern part of the Tel Aviv District, known for its robust start-up and entrepreneurial culture. In it h ...

, it falls under the jurisdiction of

Hof HaSharon Regional Council Hof HaSharon Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית חוף השרון, ''Mo'atza Azorit Hof HaSharon'', ''lit.'' Sharon Coast Regional Council), is a regional council in the Central and Tel Aviv districts of Israel. It is located on the co ...

. In it had a population of . The moshav was established in 1936. Its original proposed name by the name committee, Rishpona ( he, רשפונה), is an artificial reconstruction of the supposed ancient name of Arsuf, based on a misreading of an Assyrian inscription.Maciej M. Münnich, ''The God Resheph in the Ancient Near East'' (2013)
p. 244
citing Shlomo Izre’el, "Arsuf: The Semitic Name of Apollonia" in: ''Apollonia-Arsuf: Final Report of the Excavations Volume I'', The Emery and Claire Yass Publications in Archaeology, Monograph Series of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University No. 16, Tel Aviv (1999), 72f. The misreading *''rašpūna'' for ''kašpūna'' in an inscription of

Tiglath-Pileser III Tiglath-Pileser III (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , meaning "my trust belongs to the son of Ešarra"), was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 745 BC to his death in 727. One of the most prominent and historically significant Assyrian kings, Tig ...

was recognized in 1951. The current name was chosen by its residents, and has similar elements.

Notable people

* Meir Har-Zion (1934–2014), military commando

References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control Moshavim Populated places established in 1936 1936 establishments in Mandatory Palestine Populated places in Central District (Israel)