Shefer
{{Short description|Moshav in northern Israel}}
{{Infobox Israel village
| name = Shefer
| image = File:Tegart Fort in Mosav Shefer 2.jpg
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| hebname = {{langx|he|שֶׁפֶר}}
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| meaning =
| foundation = 1950
| founded_by = Yemenite immigrants
| district = north
| council = Merom HaGalil
| affiliation = Moshavim Movement
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Shefer}}
| population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}}
| pushpin_map = Israel northeast |pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_label_position = bottom
| coordinates = {{coord|32|56|38|N|35|26|10|E|display=inline,title}}
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Shefer ({{langx|he|שֶׁפֶר}}, lit. beauty) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Safed, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Shefer}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
History
The moshav was founded in 1950 as a work village for immigrants to Israel from Yemen on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Farradiyya.{{Citation|title=All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|first1=Walid|last1=Khalidi|authorlink=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=Washington D.C.|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies|isbn=0-88728-224-5|page=450}} 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
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{{Merom HaGalil Regional Council}}
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Category:Populated places in Northern District (Israel)
Category:Yemeni-Jewish culture in Israel
Category:Populated places established in 1950