Beit Elazari (Hebrew: בֵּית אֶלְעָזָרִי, lit. House of Elazari; Arabic: بيت إلعزاري) is a moshav in central Israel. Located three miles south of the city of Rehovot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Brenner Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 1,568.[1]
Beit Elazari
בֵּית אֶלְעָזָרִי | |
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| Etymology: House of Elazari | |
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| Coordinates: 31°50′37″N 34°48′15″E | |
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| District | Central |
| Council | Brenner |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Founded by | Eastern European immigrants |
| Population (2019)[1] | 1,568 |
| Website | www |
It was founded in 1948 by Jewish immigrants from eastern Europe, on the site of the depopulated Palestinian village of al-Maghar.[2] Initially named Arugot (Hebrew: ערוגות), it was later renamed Ekron HaHadasha (Hebrew: עקרון החדשה, lit. New Ekron), and finally Beit Elazari in memory of the agronomist Yitzhak Elazari-Volcani, founder of modern agriculture in Israel.[3]
Avraham Zilberberg, MK[4]
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