Shefer

Moshav Shefer. Note the Shefer Tegart fort in the right background.

Shefer (Hebrew: שֶׁפֶר) is a moshav located near Safed in northern Israel. It belongs to the Merom HaGalil Regional Council, and it is founded on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Farradiyya.^[1]

The moshav was founded in 1950 as a work village for immigrants to Israel from Yemen. After the founders abandoned 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).

References

↑ Khalidi (1992), p. 450

Bibliography

Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0-88728-224-5

Merom HaGalil Regional Council

Kibbutzim	Parod

Moshavim	Alma Amirim Avivim Dovev Dalton Hazon Kerem Ben Zimra Kfar Hoshen Kfar Shamai Meron Shezor Shefer Tefahot

Communal settlements	Amuka Bar Yohai Birya Inbar Kalanit Kfar Hananya Livnim Or HaGanuz

Other villages	Ein al-Asad (Druze) Kadita (unrecognised) Rehaniya (Circassian)

Coordinates: 32°56′38.4″N 35°26′9.96″E / 32.944000°N 35.4361000°E / 32.944000; 35.4361000

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