Nahala (, ''lit.'' Estate) is a
moshav
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in south-central
Israel
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. Located a few kilometers north of
Kiryat Gat
Kiryat Gat () also spelled Qiryat Gat, is a city in the Southern District of Israel. It lies south of Tel Aviv, north of Beersheba, and west southwest of Jerusalem. In it had a population of . The city hosts one of the most advanced semicondu ...
and south of
Kiryat Malakhi., it falls under the jurisdiction of
Yoav Regional Council. In , it had a population of .
History
The community was founded in 1953 by
Yemen
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i
Jewish refugees
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Assyrian captivity
...
on land that had belonged to the depopulated
Palestinian
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*: "Palestine was part of the first wave of conquest following Muhammad's death in 632 CE; Jerusalem fell to the Caliph Umar in 638. The indigenous p ...
village of
Summil.
The founders had originally established moshav
Agur
Agur ben Jakeh () was a sage and a compiler of a collection of proverbs found in Proverbs 30, which is sometimes known as the ''Book of Agur'' or ''Sayings of Agur''.
Biblical accounts
The initial text of the chapter runs as follows ( JPS trans ...
in 1950.
[Agur]
Homee Along with the neighboring
Menuha, it was named for the Menuha VeNahala () organization that founded
Rehovot
Rehovot (, / ) is a city in the Central District (Israel), Central District of Israel, about south of Tel Aviv. In it had a population of .
Etymology
Israel Belkind, founder of the Bilu (movement), Bilu movement, proposed the name "Rehovot ...
.
See also
*
Nahala
References
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Moshavim
Populated places in Southern District (Israel)
Yemeni-Jewish culture in Israel
Populated places established in 1953
1953 establishments in Israel