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Tekoa () is an Israeli Settlement in the northern Judea n hills in the West Bank . The Yishuv was founded in 1977 on the top of a hill among ruins of the site of Biblical Tekoa , 5 miles south of Bethlehem , and close to Herodion ("Herod's mountain"). The town has developed a mixed population consisting of both Religious and Secular residents, as well as many new immigrants from the Commonwealth Of Independent States . Tekoa is within the municipal jurisdiction of the Gush Etzion Regional Council . Tekoa is home to a Hesder Yeshiva . Rabbi Menachem Froman is the town's rabbi. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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