Elishama | |
Arname: | إليشماع |
Founded: | 1950 |
Founded By: | Libyan Jewish refugees |
District: | center |
Council: | Drom HaSharon |
Affiliation: | Moshavim Movement |
Pushpin Map: | Israel center ta |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Coordinates: | 32.1511°N 34.9264°W |
Elishama (Hebrew: אֱלִישָׁמָע) is a moshav in central Israel.[1] Located in the Sharon plain near Hod HaSharon and Kfar Saba, it falls under the jurisdiction of Drom HaSharon Regional Council. In it had a population of .
The moshav was founded in 1950 by Jewish refugees from Tripoli (in modern Libya) on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian Arab village of Biyar 'Adas.[2] It was named after the Biblical character Elishama ben Ammihud, a leader of the Tribe of Ephraim (Numbers 10:22).[3]