Petahya

Petahya (Hebrew: פְּתַחְיָה) is a moshav in central Israel.

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

[1] The village was established in 1951 by immigrants from the Tunisian youth movement HaNoar HaTzioni.

It was initially named Gezer 10, but later renamed Petahya, a word derived from "a personal name in [the] Bible .. (I Chron.

[2][3] Today, the main agricultural activity is vineyard cultivation.