Revaha
title: "Revaha" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["kurdish-jewish-culture-in-israel", "moshavim", "religious-israeli-communities", "populated-places-established-in-1953", "populated-places-in-southern-district-(israel)", "1953-establishments-in-israel"] topic_path: "geography/israel" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revaha" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Revaha |
| hebname | רווחה |
| arname | رفاحا |
| image | File:Revaha Aerial View.jpg |
| foundation | 1953 |
| founded_by | Kurdish immigrants |
| district | south |
| council | Shafir |
| affiliation | Hapoel HaMizrachi |
| popyear | |
| population | |
| population_footnotes | |
| pushpin_map | Israel ashkelon |
| coordinates | |
| :: |
| name = Revaha |hebname=רווחה |arname=رفاحا | image = File:Revaha Aerial View.jpg | foundation = 1953 | founded_by = Kurdish immigrants | district = south | council = Shafir | affiliation = Hapoel HaMizrachi | popyear = | population = | population_footnotes= | pushpin_map=Israel ashkelon |pushpin_mapsize=250|pushpin_label_position=top |coordinates = | website =
Revaha (, lit. prosperity) is a religious moshav in south-central Israel. Located in the southern Shephelah near Kiryat Gat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shafir Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
Revaha was established in 1953 by Jewish immigrants from Kurdistan on lands which had formerly belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Karatiyya. It is located close to Hatta, but not on its village land. The name of the moshav is derived both from the symbolic significance of the name itself and from the quote in Pirkei Avot 1:5: "Let thy house be wide open".
The majority of residents are national-religious.
References
References
- (1992). "All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948". [[Institute for Palestine Studies]].
- (1992). "All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948". [[Institute for Palestine Studies]].
- Hareouveni, Emanouel (1974). ''The Settlements of Israel and Their Archaeological sites'' (in Hebrew). Israel: Hakibbutz Hameuchad. p. 198
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