Sgula
{{About|the Israeli moshav|the Kabbalistic and Talmudic incantation or ritual|Segula (Kabbalah)}}
{{Infobox Kibbutz
| name = Sgula
| image = File:Sgula_Aerial_View.jpg
|hebname=סגולה
|arname=سجولا
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| foundation = 1953
| founded_by = Sabras
| district = south
| council = Yoav
| affiliation = Kibbutz Movement
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Segulla}}
| population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}}
| pushpin_map=Israel ashkelon |pushpin_mapsize=250
| coordinates = {{coord|31|40|13|N|34|46|47|E|display=inline,title}}
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Sgula ({{langx|he|סְגֻלָּה, סגולה}}) is a moshav in south-central Israel. North of Kiryat Gat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Yoav Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}}, it had a population of 717.{{Cite web|last=Israel Central Bureau of Statistics|title=Locality - Segulla|url=https://www.cbs.gov.il/en/Settlements/Pages/default.aspx|access-date=2021-03-10|website=www.cbs.gov.il|language=en-US}}
History
The moshav was founded in 1953 by native Israelis on land that had belonged to the Palestinian village of Summeil, which was depopulated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.{{Citation|title=All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ |first1=Walid|last1=Khalidi|authorlink=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=Washington D.C.|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies|isbn=0-88728-224-5|page=137}} 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)."Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p.51, {{ISBN|965-220-423-4}}
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Category:Populated places in Southern District (Israel)