Talmei Yosef (Hebrew: תַּלְמֵי יוֹסֵף, lit. 'Yosef Furrows') is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the Hevel Shalom area of the north-western Negev desert near the Gaza Strip border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 331.[1]
Talmei Yosef תַּלְמֵי יוֹסֵף | |
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| Etymology: 'Yosef Furrows' | |
  Talmei Yosef  Talmei Yosef | |
| Coordinates: 31°12′0″N 34°21′51″E / 31.20000°N 34.36417°E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Southern |
| Council | Eshkol |
| Affiliation | Agricultural Union |
| Founded | 1982 |
| Founded by | Evacuated settlers |
| Population (2022)[1] | 331 |
History
The moshav was established in 1982 by former residents of Talmei Yosef, an Israeli settlement in Sinai. The original settlement's residents were evacuated as a result of the Camp David Accords, and re-settled in Israel, naming their new settlement after their previous one (after Yosef Weitz, a former director of the Land and Afforestation Department of the Jewish National Fund).[2]
In May 2015 Jewish National Fund Belgium established a green landscaping project around the local synagogue in memory of Yilona Nejszaten, one of the "hidden children" of the Holocaust.[3]
In 2005 a moshav resident opened an educational farm called the "Salad Trail."[4] Visitors see how Israel's agricultural technologies allow over 80 different crops, primarily fruits and vegetables, to grow in the desert soil – without pesticides.[5][6]