Shefer

Shefer
Shefer is located in Northeast Israel
Shefer
Shefer
Location within Northeast Israel
Coordinates: 32°56′38″N 35°26′10″E / 32.94389°N 35.43611°E / 32.94389; 35.43611
Country Israel
DistrictNorthern
SubdistrictSafed
CouncilMerom HaGalil
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded1950
FounderYemenite immigrants
Population
 (2024)
507

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 2024 it had a population of 507.

History

The moshav was founded in 1950 as a work village for immigrants to Israel from Yemen, on the lands of the former depopulated Palestinian village of Farradiyya. After the founders were expelled from 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 21 March 2026.
  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