Berekhya
Sign in to saveBerekhya () is a moshav in southern Israel. Located four kilometres east of Ashkelon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In it had a population of .
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- moshav
- Country
- Israel
- Located in
- Hof Ashkelon Regional Council
- Population
- 1274
- Elevation
- 44
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- 1950-01-01
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Berekhya () is a moshav in southern Israel. Located four kilometres east of Ashkelon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In it had a population of .
==History== The moshav was founded in the winter of 1950 by immigrants from the Tunisian island of Djerba, who had formed a community whilst in a camp in Pardes Hana. Its name is an expression of the founders' wishes for the blessing (, Brakha) of God.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Berekhya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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