Sgula

Areal view of Sgula

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)."

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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↑ 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

Yoav Regional Council

Kibbutzim	Beit Guvrin Beit Nir Gal On Gat Kfar Menahem Negba Revadim Sde Yoav

Moshavim	Kfar HaRif Nahla Sgula

Youth village	Kedma

Communal settlement	Vardon

Arab village	al-'Azi

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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