Talmei Yehiel

Talmei Yechiel (Hebrew: תַּלְמֵי יְחִיאֵל, lit. Yechiel Furrows) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Kiryat Malachi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 997.[1]

Talmei Yechiel

תלמי יחיאל
تلمي يحيئيل
Talmei Yechiel
Coordinates: 31°45′13″N 34°45′47″E
CountryIsrael
DistrictSouthern
CouncilBe'er Tuvia
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded1949
Founded byBulgarian and
Romanian Jewish immigrants
Population
 (2019)[1]
997
Websitetalmey-yechiel.org

History

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

  1. "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  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. Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Yuval Elʻazari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 571. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.CS1 maint: others (link)
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