{{Short description|Moshav in southern Israel}} {{about|the moshav|the wadi (river)|List of rivers of Israel}} {{Infobox Israel village |name = Arugot |hebname = ערוגות |image = Arugot Aerial View.jpg |imgsize = 250 |founded = 1949 |founded_by = Polish and Romanian Jews |council = Be'er Tuvia Regional Council |affiliation = Moshavim Movement |population = {{Israel populations|Arugot}} |popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}} |population_footnotes= {{Israel populations|reference}} |pushpin_map = Israel ashkelon |pushpin_mapsize=250 |coordinates = {{coord|31|44|5|N|34|46|15|E|display=inline,title}} |website = }}
'''Arugot''' ({{langx|he|עֲרוּגוֹת||garden terraces or beds}}),<ref>[https://biblehub.com/hebrew/6170.htm ''arugah'']. Strong's Concordance via biblehub.com. Retrieved 6 Oct 2021.</ref> is a moshav in southern Israel. Located near Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} its population was {{Israel populations|Arugot}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
==History== The moshav was founded in 1949 by Jewish immigrants from Poland and Romania on the land belonging to the depopulated Palestinian village of Qastina.<ref>{{cite book |last= Khalidi |first= Walid |authorlink= Walid Khalidi |title= All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948 |page=131 |year= 1992 |publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies |location=Washington D.C. |isbn= 0-88728-224-5 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ}}</ref> Its name was taken from the Book of Ezekiel {{Bibleverse||Ezekiel|17:7|1000|17:7}}.<ref name=mapa>{{Cite book |editor= Elʻazari, Yuval |title= Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel |page= 435 |publisher= Mapa Publishing |location= Tel-Aviv |year= 2005 |isbn= 965-7184-34-7 |language=he}}</ref>
'''Economy'''
Agriculture in Moshav Arugot<ref>{{Cite web |title=מושב ערוגות, שפלה דרומית |url=https://www.homee.co.il/?s=10679 |access-date=2026-04-17 |website=www.homee.co.il |language=he}}</ref> today is mainly based on table grapes and other fruits.
In the center of the moshav there is a commemorative monument to the victims of Arugot who fell in Israel's battles, and in its eastern agricultural areas.
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Be'er Tuvia Regional Council}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Moshavim Category:Populated places established in 1949 Category:Populated places in Southern District (Israel) Category:1949 establishments in Israel Category:Polish-Jewish culture in Israel Category:Romanian-Jewish culture in Israel