Pelekh

Pelekh (Hebrew: פֶּלֶךְ, lit. Spindle) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Lower Galilee near Karmiel, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council. Named after the Bible (Proverbs 31:19) together with the nearby kibbutz Kishor, whose name is the corresponding word of the same sentence.

The village was founded in 1982 by a gar'in of Hashomer Hatzair members.

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Coordinates: 32°56′2.39″N 35°14′1.31″E / 32.9339972°N 35.2336972°E / 32.9339972; 35.2336972

Pelech (School)

Pelech (Hebrew: פלך‎, spindle) is a high school for religious girls located in the Baka neighborhood in Jerusalem, Israel. Alice Shalvi, a British-born professor of English literature at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is credited with turning the school into one of Jerusalem's most prestigious high schools.

History

Pelech was founded by Rabbi Shalom Rosenblüth and his wife Penina as an alternative to the Beis Yaakov girls' educational system, but was banned by the Haredi establishment soon after its establishment. It first opened in the clubhouse of the Bnei Akiva youth movement in Pardes Hannah in 1963. When Rosenblüth and his wife relocated to Jerusalem, the school moved with them to Bayit Vegan. From the outset, the school curriculum included Talmud as a compulsory subject, a revolutionary step in the Israeli religious educational system, where girls did not study Talmud.

After the Six Day War, the school was given an abandoned building on Mount Zion. The student population totaled 50 girls. Rosenblüth taught Talmud, mathematics and physics, and his wife taught English. Other teachers were Rabbi Yehuda Amital, Rabbi Mordechai Breuer, Professor André Neher and Dr. Hananel Mack.