Elifelet () is a

moshav A moshav (, plural ', "settlement, village") is a type of Israeli village or town or Jewish settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 and 1 ...

in northern

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

. Located on the Korazim Plateau near

Rosh Pina Rosh Pina () is a lay-led Modern Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue that meets in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States. The independent congregation meets for Shabbat morning services twice a month ...

, it falls under the jurisdiction of

Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council (, ''Mo'atza Azorit Mevo'ot HaHermon'') is a Regional Council in the Northern District (Israel), Northern District of Israel. It encompasses 13 moshavim and Community settlement (Israel), community settlements, f ...

. In it had a population of .

Etymology

The name "Elifelet" belongs to several characters in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' King David David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damas ...

() and a repatriate after the

Babylonian Captivity The Babylonian captivity or Babylonian exile was the period in Jewish history during which a large number of Judeans from the ancient Kingdom of Judah were forcibly relocated to Babylonia by the Neo-Babylonian Empire. The deportations occurred ...

().

History

The moshav was founded in 1949 by

immigrants Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not usual residents or where they do not possess nationality in order to settle as permanent residents. Commuters, tourists, and other short- ...

from Yemen belonging to the

Moshavim Movement The Moshavim Movement (, ''Tnu'at HaMoshavim'') is one of the main Settlement movement (Israel), settlement movements in Israel, whose members are cooperative villages organized as moshavim and moshav shitufi, moshavim shitufiim. History Founded i ...

on the former village grounds of the depopulated

Palestinian Palestinians () are an Arab ethnonational group native to the Levantine region of Palestine. *: "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 al-Zanghariyya. Although it was abandoned after several years, it was resettled during the 1950s by immigrants from North Africa and Iraq. The moshav is known for producing edible grasshoppers for culinary use.

References

{{Authority control Moshavim Populated places in Northern District (Israel) Populated places established in 1949 1949 establishments in Israel Yemeni-Jewish culture in Israel