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Pedaya

Moshav in central Israel

Summary

Moshav in central Israel

Field	Value
settlement_type	Moshav
name	Pedaya
hebname	פדיה
image	Pdaya.jpg
caption	View of Pedaya
foundation	1951
founded_by	Iraqi Jews
country
district	center
council	Gezer
affiliation	Moshavim Movement
popyear
population
population_footnotes
pushpin_map	Israel center ta#Israel
pushpin_mapsize	250
coordinates

Pedaya () is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah near Mazkeret Batya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In it had a population of .

History

Pedaya was founded in 1951 for immigrants from Iraq and was named for a figure from the Bible mentioned in 2 Kings 23:36:

Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zebudah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

The moshav is located near the site of the ancient city of Gezer and close to the Palestinian Arab village of Al-Qubab, which was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. The founders worked mainly in agriculture, with orchards, vineyards, and field crops as their primary source of livelihood.

Notable people

Yuval Raphael (born 2000), singer, songwriter and Israeli Eurovision Song Contest 2025 entrant

References

[http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt09b23.htm 2 Kings Chapter 23] Mechon Mamre

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