Pelekh () is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the western Galilee near Karmiel, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council.
History The village was founded in 1982 by a gar'in of Hashomer Hatzair members. It takes its name from a verse in the Book of Proverbs (31:19)"In her hand she holds the distaff, and grasps the spindle with her finger." together with the nearby kibbutz Kishorit, whose name appears the same sentence.Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999: Carta, p.57,
In its early years, the core families, immigrants from the former USSR, ran a chicken coop, cow shed and kiwi plantation.Israelis try a new kind of kibbutz
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