Shefer
Hebrew: שֶׁפֶר
Shefer is located in Northeast Israel
Shefer
Shefer
Coordinates: 32°56′38″N 35°26′10″E / 32.94389°N 35.43611°E / 32.94389; 35.43611
CountryIsrael
DistrictNorthern
CouncilMerom HaGalil
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded1950
Founded byYemenite immigrants
Population
 (2021)[1]
435

Shefer (Hebrew: שֶׁפֶר, lit. beauty) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Safed, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In 2021 it had a population of 435.[1]

History

The moshav was founded in 1950 as a work village for immigrants to Israel from Yemen on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Farradiyya.[2] After the founders abandoned it, a new moshav was founded in the same location by immigrants from North Africa.

The name "Shefer" is borrowed from the blessing Jacob bestowed on Naftali in the Book of Genesis (49:21).

Shefer 1945

References

  1. 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  2. Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, p. 450, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
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