Menuha () is a moshav in south-central Israel. Located to the north of Kiryat Gat and south of Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lakhish Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History It was founded in 1953 by Jewish refugees to Israel from Kurdistan region of Iraq, adjacent to the ruins of the Arab Palestinian village Jusayr, which was depopulated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.Survey of Israel, Sheet 12-11 (מגבל), 1:20,000 series, 1957.
Along with neighboring Nahla, it was named after "Biblical passage "Blessed be the Lord who has given rest to his people Israel ..."Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.323, (English) (1 Kings 8:56) and for the Menuha VeNahala (Hebrew: מנוחה ונחלה) organization that founded Rehovot. Menuha means "rest" or "ease" in Hebrew.
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