Talmei Yehiel (Hebrew: תַּלְמֵי יְחִיאֵל, lit.'Yehiel Furrows') is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Kiryat Malachi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 1,015.[1]

Talmei Yehiel
תלמי יחיאל
Talmei Yehiel is located in Ashkelon region of Israel
Talmei Yehiel
Talmei Yehiel
Coordinates: 31°45′13″N 34°45′47″E / 31.75361°N 34.76306°E / 31.75361; 34.76306
CountryIsrael
DistrictSouthern
CouncilBe'er Tuvia
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded1949
Founded byBulgarian and
Romanian Jewish immigrants
Population
 (2022)[1]
1,015
Websitetalmey-yechiel.org

History

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The moshav was founded in 1949 by Jewish immigrants from Bulgaria and Romania on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Yasur.[2] It was named after Yechiel Chelnov, a Russian Zionist leader.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, p. 139, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
  3. ^ Yuval Elʻazari, ed. (2005). Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. p. 571. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.