Nofekh
{{Short description|Community settlement in central Israel}}
{{Infobox Israel village
| name = Nofekh
| hebname = נופך
| image = 110368 nofech village PikiWiki Israel.jpg
| foundation = 1949
| founded_by = Moroccan immigrants
| country = {{ISR}}
| district = center
| council = Hevel Modi'in
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Nofekh}}
| population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}}
| affiliation =
| pushpin_map = Israel center ta#Israel
| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| coordinates = {{coord|32|2|40|N|34|55|13|E|display=inline,title}}
| website =
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Nofekh ({{langx|he|נופך}}) is a community settlement in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Nofekh}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
Etymology
Its name is taken from one of the 12 stones in the Hoshen, the sacred breastplate worn by a Jewish high priest, mentioned in Exodus 28:18.{{cite book |author=Carta |page=370 |title=Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land |isbn=965-220-186-3 |publisher=Carta |year=1993 |edition=3rd}} Nearby Shoham, Bareket, Leshem and Ahlama (the former name of Beit Arif) were also named after the Hoshen stones.
History
The village was established by immigrants from Morocco in 1949 on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Rantiya.{{cite book|last= Khalidi |first= Walid |authorlink= Walid Khalidi |title= All that Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ |publisher= Institute for Palestine Studies |location= Washington DC |isbn= 0-88728-224-5 |year= 1992|page=252}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Hevel Modi'in Regional Council}}
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Category:Community settlements
Category:Populated places established in 1949
Category:Populated places in Central District (Israel)