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Pedaya

Pedaya () is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah near Mazkeret Batya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In it had a population of .

History

Pedaya was founded in 1951 for immigrants from Iraq and was named for a figure from the Bible mentioned in 2 Kings 23:36: <blockquote>Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zebudah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.</blockquote>

The moshav is located near the site of the ancient city of Gezer and close to the Palestinian Arab village of Al-Qubab, which was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. The founders worked mainly in agriculture, with orchards, vineyards, and field crops as their primary source of livelihood.

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