Ahuzam, or Ahuzzam is a moshav

Moshav

Moshav is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists during the second aliyah...

 in the Lakhish Regional Council

Lakhish Regional Council

Lakhish Regional Council is a regional council in the South District of Israel. It surrounds the ancient city of Lakhish and the modern city of Kiryat Gat. It was founded in 1955. Today it includes 15 moshavim and one village, as listed below. As of 2008, three new communities are being built in...

 in the Southern District of Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

. It is located about 5 km south of Kiryat Gat. There are 137 families living in Ahuzam.

Ahuzam was founded on October 30, 1950 by immigrants from Morocco

Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

, members of the Ma'agalim society. It was associated with the Hapoel HaMizrachi

Hapoel HaMizrachi

Hapoel HaMizrachi |Mizrachi]] Workers) was a political party and settlement movement in Israel and is one of the predecessors of the National Religious Party.-History:...

 movement,but is now a mixed religious and secular community.

The moshav was originally named Ma'agalim but renamed after the biblical Ahuzam, son of Ashur

Ashur

Ashur |Shin]]) in the Masoretic text, which doubles the 'ש'), was the second son of Shem, the son of Noah. Ashur's brothers were Elam, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram....

, the father or founder of Tekoa, who may have lived in this area (1 Book of Chronicles 4:6).