Beit Hilkia

Beit Hilkia (Hebrew: בֵּית חִלְקִיָּה, lit. House of Hilkia) is a Haredi moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah near Gedera, it falls under the jurisdiction of Nahal Sorek Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 1,248.[1]

Beit Hilkia

בֵּית חִלְקִיָּה
Beit Hilkia
Beit Hilkia
Coordinates: 31°47′26.88″N 34°48′43.91″E
Country Israel
DistrictCentral
CouncilNahal Sorek
AffiliationPoalei Agudat Yisrael
Founded1953
Founded byFormer Jerusalem and ma'abarot residents
Population
 (2019)[1]
1,248

History

The village was established in 1953 by former residents of Jerusalem and ma'abarot who wanted to combine a Haredi and agricultural lifestyle. It is named after Hilkia, the father of the prophet Jeremiah (Jeremiah 1:1).[2][3][4]

It was established on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Mukhayzin.[5]

References

  1. "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. Carta (1993). Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land (3rd ed.). Carta. p. 111. ISBN 965-220-186-3.
  3. Place Names in Israel. A Compendium of Place Names in Israel compiled from various sources, p256
  4. Bitan, Channah (1999). חמישים שנות התיישבות : אטלס שמות היישובים והמקומות בישראל [Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut:' Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel] (in Hebrew). Carta. p. 10. ISBN 9789652204233.
  5. Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, p. 398, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
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