 | Shoham (Hebrew: שֹׁהַם, lit. onyx) is a town (local council) in the Central District of Israel. Like Nofekh, Bareket, Leshem and Ahlama (the former name of Beit Arif) nearby, the name relates to one of the 12 stones in the Hoshen, the sacred breastplate worn by a Jewish high priest (Exodus 28:20). In 2017, it had a population of 20,928. Its jurisdiction is 5,889 dunams (~5.9 km2).
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