District Northern Affiliation Hapoel HaMizrachi Founded by Tunisian Jews Local time Friday 11:44 PM | Council Sdot Negev Founded 1951 Population (2015) 293 | |
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Weather 14°C, Wind N at 5 km/h, 85% Humidity | ||
Sharsheret (Hebrew: שַׁרְשֶׁרֶת, lit. Chain) is a religious moshav in southern Israel. Located near Netivot and covering 6,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sdot Negev Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 293.
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Map of Sharsheret, Israel
History
The village was established in 1951 with the help of the Jewish Agency for Israel by Bnei Akiva members who were immigrants from Tunisia . Its name is a combination of two words, Sar (lit. Minister, written with a Shin, and therefore also pronounceable as "Shar") and Sharett (referring to Moshe Sharett, who was Foreign Minister at the time the moshav was founded).
References
Sharsheret, Israel Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA