Menuha 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 south-central Israel

Israel

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

, a few km north of Kiryat Gat and south of Kiryat Malakhi. It belongs to 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...

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It was founded in 1953 by immigrants to Israel from Kurdistan and Iraq

Iraq

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This community, along with the neighboring Nahla

Nahla

Nahala is a moshav in south-central Israel, a few kilometers north of Kiryat Gat and south of Kiryat Malakhi. It belongs to the Yoav Regional Council.The community was founded in 1953 by immigrants to Israel from Yemen, but today contains a mixed population....

, are named for the Menuha VeNahala (Hebrew: מנוחה ונחלה) organization that founded Rehovot

Rehovot

Rehovot is a city in the Center District of Israel, about south of Tel Aviv. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2009 the city had a total population of 112,700. Rehovot's official website estimates the population at 114,000.Rehovot was built on the site of Doron,...

. Menuha means "rest" or "ease" in Hebrew.

Rabbi Shabtai ben Hayyim has been the rabbi of the community since it began. He serves the entire Lakhish

Lakhish

Lakhish or Lachish may refer to:*Lachish, a biblical city in Israel*Lakhish, Israel, a moshav in south-central Israel*Lakhish Regional Council, a regional council in south-central Israel*Lakhish River, a river in the area...

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