Sgula

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Sgula (Hebrew: סְגֻלָּה, סגולה), also Segula, is a moshav north of Kiryat Gat in south-central Israel. It is a member of the Yoav Regional Council.

Moshav Sgula was founded in 1953 by native Israelis. The name may be based on a verse in Exodus(19:5) where the word segula is used in the sense of "special treasure" or jewel: "Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my special treasure (sgula)."[citation needed]

It was founded on land belonging to the Palestinian village of Summeil, which was depopulated in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.[1]

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  1. ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, p. 137, ISBN 0-88728-224-5 
Kibbutzim
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Coordinates: 31°40′13.08″N 34°46′46.91″E / 31.6703000°N 34.7796972°E / 31.6703000; 34.7796972

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