Beit Elazari

Beit El'azari (בֵּית אֶלְעָזָרִי, lit. House of El'azari; 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. In it had a population of.

History
It was founded in 1948 by Jewish immigrants from eastern Europe, on the site of the depopulated Palestinian village of al-Maghar. Initially named Arugot (ערוגות), it was later renamed Ekron HaHadasha (עקרון החדשה, lit. New Ekron), and finally Beit El'azari in memory of the agronomist Yitzhak Elazari Volcani, founder of modern agriculture in Israel.

Notable residents
Avraham Zilberberg, MK