Pelekh

Pelekh
Pelekh
Coordinates: 32°56′2.39″N 35°14′1.31″E / 32.9339972°N 35.2336972°E / 32.9339972; 35.2336972Coordinates: 32°56′2.39″N 35°14′1.31″E / 32.9339972°N 35.2336972°E / 32.9339972; 35.2336972
District Northern
Council Misgav
Affiliation Kibbutz Movement
Founded 1982
Founded by Hashomer Hatzair
Population (2017)[1] 131

Pelekh (Hebrew: פֶּלֶךְ, lit. Spindle) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Lower Galilee near Karmiel, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council.

History

The village was founded in 1982 by a gar'in of Hashomer Hatzair members. It was named after a section of the Book of Proverbs (31:19)[2] together with the nearby kibbutz Kishorit, whose name is the corresponding word of the same sentence.[3]

References

  1. "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  2. "In her hand she holds the distaff, and grasps the spindle with her finger."
  3. Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jeruusalem 1999: Carta, p.57, ISBN 965-220-423-4 (in Hebrew)
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