Sgula

This article is about the Israeli moshav. For the Kabbalistic and Talmudic incantation or ritual, see Segula (Kabbalah).

Sgula סגולה سجولا
Sgula
Coordinates: 31°40′13″N 34°46′47″E
Country	Israel
District	Southern
Council	Yoav
Affiliation	Kibbutz Movement
Founded	1953
Founded by	Sabras
Population  (2022)[1]	740

Sgula (Hebrew: סְגֻלָּה, סגולה) is a moshav in south-central Israel. North of Kiryat Gat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Yoav Regional Council. In 2022, it had a population of 717.^[2]

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.^[3] 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)."^[4]

References

1. "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
2. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. "Locality - Segulla". www.cbs.gov.il. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
3. Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, p. 137, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
4. 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