Beit Elazari

House of El'azari; Arabic: بيت إلعزاري) is a moshav in central Israel.

Located three miles south of the city of Rehovot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Brenner Regional Council.

[1] It was founded in 1948 by Jewish immigrants from eastern Europe, on the site of the depopulated Palestinian village of al-Maghar.

[2] Initially named Arugot (Hebrew: ערוגות), it was later renamed Ekron HaHadasha (Hebrew: עקרון החדשה, lit.

New Ekron), and finally Beit El'azari in memory of the agronomist Yitzhak Elazari Volcani, founder of modern agriculture in Israel.