# Nehalim

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Moshav in central Israel

Place in Central, Israel

Nehalim נְחָלִים‎ (Hebrew) Nehalim Coordinates: 32°3′31″N 34°54′49″E / 32.05861°N 34.91361°E / 32.05861; 34.91361 Country Israel District Central Council Hevel Modi'in Affiliation Hapoel HaMizrachi Founded 1952 Founded by Jerusalem Organisation members Population (2024)[1] 1,519

**Nehalim** ([Hebrew](/source/Hebrew_language): נְחָלִים, *lit.* Streams) is a religious [moshav](/source/Moshav) in central [Israel](/source/Israel). Located south of [Petah Tikva](/source/Petah_Tikva), it falls under the jurisdiction of [Hevel Modi'in Regional Council](/source/Hevel_Modi'in_Regional_Council). In 2024 it had a population of 1,519.[1]

## History

The Nehalim [community](/source/Gar'in) was formed in 1938 by a core group of young, religious [Bnei Akiva](/source/Bnei_Akiva) members from [Jerusalem](/source/Jerusalem). They began agricultural training in [Menahemia](/source/Menahemia) in the [Jordan Valley](/source/Jordan_Valley_(Middle_East)).[2] In 1944 they moved to a tract of swampy, malaria-infested land, about a kilometre south east of the site of the present kibbutz [HaGoshrim](/source/HaGoshrim), and lived in barracks without electricity or running water. Inspiration for the name Nehalim came from the network of brooks and streams in the area. After the [1948 Arab–Israeli War](/source/1948_Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_War), the residents were moved to the abandoned German Templer village of [Wilhelma](/source/Wilhelma%2C_Palestine). The new moshav, in its present location south of Petah Tikva, was founded in 1953, with each family receiving a two-room house and 25 [dunams](/source/Dunam) of land.[2]

## Synagogues

Nehalim has one main synagogue, established by Jews of Ashkenazi background. In 2012, the moshav's growing [Mizrahi](/source/Mizrahi_Jews) population wanted to build a second synagogue to reflect its own religious heritage but the chief rabbi of the moshav, David Greenwald, vetoed it.[3]

## Education

Nehalim also has a religious boys high school. The school was one of the first [Bnei Akiva](/source/Bnei_Akiva) high schools in Israel, and was established in 1955 by [Yosef Ba-Gad](/source/Yosef_Ba-Gad).

## See also

- [Jewish ethnic divisions](/source/Jewish_ethnic_divisions)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Israelpopulations_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Israelpopulations_1-1) ["Regional Statistics"](https://boardsgenerator.cbs.gov.il/pages/WebParts/YishuvimPage.aspx?mode=Yeshuv&l=1). *Israel Central Bureau of Statistics*. Retrieved 21 March 2026.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-JP_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-JP_2-1) Kresh, Miriam (March 3, 2016). ["Nehalim, the wandering moshav"](https://www.jpost.com/Metro/Nehalim-the-wandering-moshav-446786). *[The Jerusalem Post](/source/The_Jerusalem_Post)*. Retrieved April 24, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Merilos, Itamar (3 May 2012). [בית כנסת בנוסח עדות המזרח? לא בנחלים](http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4222897,00.html) [A Mizrahi synagogue? Not in Nehalim]. *[Ynet](/source/Ynet)* (in Hebrew). Retrieved 5 May 2012.

v t e Hevel Modi'in Regional Council Kibbutzim Be'erot Yitzhak Moshavim Ahisamakh Bareket Beit Arif Beit Nehemia Ben Shemen Bnei Atarot Ginaton Gimzo Giv'at Ko'ah Hadid Kerem Ben Shemen Kfar Daniel Kfar Ruth Kfar Truman Mazor Nehalim Rinatya Shilat Tirat Yehuda Community settlements Lapid Mevo Modi'im Nofekh Youth village Ben Shemen Youth Village

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