{{Infobox Kibbutz | name = Zrahia | hebname = זרחיה | foundation = 1950 | founded_by = Iranian and Maghrebi immigrants | district = south | council = Shafir | affiliation = Hapoel HaMizrachi | popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}} | population = {{Israel populations|Zerahya}} | population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}} | pushpin_map=Israel ashkelon | pushpin_mapsize= 250 | pushpin_label_position= | coordinates = {{coord|31|40|55|N|34|44|43|E|display=inline,title}} | website = }}
'''Zrahia''' ({{langx|he|זְרַחְיָה}}) is a religious moshav in southern Israel.<ref>[https://www.homee.co.il/%D7%96%D7%A8%D7%97%D7%99%D7%94/ About Zrahia] Homee {{in lang|he}}</ref> Located near Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shafir Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Zerahya}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
==History== The village was established in 1950 on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya.<ref>{{Citation|title=All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ |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=135}}</ref> Most of the founders were immigrants from Iran, although there were also some from the Maghreb, particularly Morocco. It was named after Zrahia, an ancestor of Ezra (Ezra 7:4), who came to the Land of Israel after the Babylonian captivity.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|author=Vilnai, Ze'ev|author-link=Zev Vilnay|title=Zarahiya|encyclopedia=Ariel Encyclopedia|volume=2|pages=2106|publisher=Am Oved|location=Tel Aviv, Israel|year=1974|language=he}}</ref>
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Category:Moshavim Category:Religious Israeli communities Category:Populated places established in 1950 Category:Populated places in Southern District (Israel) Category:1950 establishments in Israel Category:Iranian-Jewish culture in Israel Category:Moroccan-Jewish culture in Israel