Shafir

For other uses, see Shafir (surname).

Shafir (Hebrew: שָׁפִיר) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the Shephelah near Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shafir Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,039.^[1]

Shafir שפיר شفير
Shafir
Shafir
Coordinates: 31°41′48″N 34°43′43″E
Country	Israel
District	Southern
Council	Shafir
Affiliation	Hapoel HaMizrachi
Founded	15 August 1949
Founded by	Czechoslovak and Hungarian immigrants
Population  (2023)[1]	1,039

History

Shafir was founded on 15 August 1949 by immigrants from Hungary and Czechoslovakia and was built on land that had belonged to the Palestinian village of al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya,^[2] which had been depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. It was named after the Biblical city of Shafir that is mentioned in the Book of Micah 1:11, which also means "good and beautiful".^[3] Today Shafir is made up of a mixture of Czechs, Slovaks, Hungarians, and Persians.