Ksalon
כְּסָלוֹן | |
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Hebrew transcription(s) | |
• official | Kesalon |
Coordinates: 31°46′26″N 35°2′58″E / 31.77389°N 35.04944°E | |
Country | Israel |
District | Jerusalem |
Council | Mateh Yehuda |
Affiliation | Agricultural Union |
Founded | 1952 |
Founded by | Yemenite Jews |
Population (2022)
[1] | 492 |
Ksalon ( Hebrew: כְּסָלוֹן) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 492. [1]
The first transit camp ( ma'abara) for new Jewish immigrants was set up in 1950 on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Kasla. [2] [3] New immigrants from Yemen brought to Israel in Operation Magic Carpet were given farmland there, but abandoned the moshav a few years later to join members of the Yemenite community living in Rosh Ha'ayin. Their place was taken by Jewish immigrants from Morocco. [4]
The moshav was named for the biblical city of Ksalon (Chesalon) mentioned in Joshua 15:10, which was probably situated on the tel [5] nearby [6] and preserved in the Palestinian name of the place. [7] [8]
Ksalon
כְּסָלוֹן | |
---|---|
Hebrew transcription(s) | |
• official | Kesalon |
Coordinates: 31°46′26″N 35°2′58″E / 31.77389°N 35.04944°E | |
Country | Israel |
District | Jerusalem |
Council | Mateh Yehuda |
Affiliation | Agricultural Union |
Founded | 1952 |
Founded by | Yemenite Jews |
Population (2022)
[1] | 492 |
Ksalon ( Hebrew: כְּסָלוֹן) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 492. [1]
The first transit camp ( ma'abara) for new Jewish immigrants was set up in 1950 on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Kasla. [2] [3] New immigrants from Yemen brought to Israel in Operation Magic Carpet were given farmland there, but abandoned the moshav a few years later to join members of the Yemenite community living in Rosh Ha'ayin. Their place was taken by Jewish immigrants from Morocco. [4]
The moshav was named for the biblical city of Ksalon (Chesalon) mentioned in Joshua 15:10, which was probably situated on the tel [5] nearby [6] and preserved in the Palestinian name of the place. [7] [8]