Pedaya

Pedaya (Hebrew: פְּדָיָה) is a moshav in central Israel.

Located in the Shephelah near Mazkeret Batya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council.

In 2022 it had a population of 830.

[1] The moshav was founded in 1951 immigrants from Iraq.

Its name is taken from 2 Kings 23:36: Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zebudah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.