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{{Short description|Moshav in southern Israel}}
{{for|the Jewish principle of rest on the Sabbath|Rabbinically prohibited activities of Shabbat}}
{{Infobox Israel village
| name = Menuha
|hebname=מנוחה
|arname=منوحا
| founded = 1953
| founded_by = Iraqi immigrants
| district = south
| council = [[Lakhish Regional Council|Lakhish]]
| affiliation = [[Moshavim Movement]]
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Menuha}}
| population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}}
| pushpin_map=Israel ashkelon |pushpin_mapsize=250
|coordinates = {{coord|31|39|27|N|34|46|39|E|display=inline,title}}
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'''Menuha''' ({{langx|he|מְנוּחָה}}) is a [[moshav]] in south-central [[Israel]]. Located to the north of [[Kiryat Gat]] and south of [[Kiryat Malakhi]], it falls under the jurisdiction of [[Lakhish Regional Council]]. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Menuha}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
==History==
It was founded in 1953 by [[Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries|Jewish refugees]] to Israel from [[Kurdistan]] region of [[Kingdom of Iraq|Iraq]] on land belonging to the [[Palestinian people|Arab Palestinian]] villages of [[Summil]]<ref>{{Citation|title=All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|first1=Walid|last1=Khalidi|author-link=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=[[Washington D.C.]]|publisher=[[Institute for Palestine Studies]]|ISBN=0-88728-224-5|page=137}}</ref> and  [[Jusayr]],<ref>{{Citation|title=All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|first1=Walid|last1=Khalidi|author-link=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=[[Washington D.C.]]|publisher=[[Institute for Palestine Studies]]|ISBN=0-88728-224-5|page=118}}</ref> both of which were depopulated in the [[1948 Arab–Israeli War]].
Along with neighboring [[Nahala, Israel|Nahla]], it was named after "Biblical passage "Blessed be the Lord who has given rest to his people Israel ..."<ref>Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.323, {{ISBN|965-220-186-3}} (English)</ref> (1 Kings 8:56) and for the Menuha VeNahala (Hebrew: מנוחה ונחלה) organization that founded [[Rehovot]]. ''Menuha'' means "rest" or "ease" in [[Hebrew]].
==References==
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{{Lakhish}}
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[[Category:Moshavim]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1953]]
[[Category:Populated places in Southern District (Israel)]]
[[Category:1953 establishments in Israel]]
[[Category:Iraqi-Jewish culture in Israel]]