{{Short description|Moshav in southern Israel}} {{Expand Hebrew|topic=geo}} {{Infobox Israel village | name = Eitan | hebname = אֵיתָן | founded = 1955 | founded_by = Tunisian Jews | country = {{ISR}} | district = south | council = Shafir | affiliation = Hapoel HaMizrachi | population = {{Israel populations|Etan}} | population_footnotes= {{Israel populations|reference}} | popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}} | pushpin_map=Israel ashkelon#Israel |pushpin_mapsize=250 |pushpin_label_position=left | coordinates = {{coord|31|34|19|N|34|44|54|E|display=inline,title}} | meaning = Enduring | website = }}
'''Eitan''' ({{langx|he|אֵיתָן||Enduring}}) is a national-religious moshav in south-central Israel. Located in the southern Shephelah, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shafir Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Etan}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
==Etymology== The name is taken from the biblical verse Numbers 24:21; "...Enduring is your dwelling place ...".<ref>Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.155, {{ISBN|965-220-186-3}}</ref>
==History== The village was established in 1955 by Jewish immigrants from Tunisia.
The settlement is an agricultural cooperative, their main crops are citrus fruits, various fruits and vegetables.
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{{Shafir Regional Council}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Moshavim Category:Religious Israeli communities Category:Populated places established in 1955 Category:Populated places in Southern District (Israel) Category:Tunisian-Jewish culture in Israel Category:1955 establishments in Israel