Ta'ashur

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Ta'ashur
Founded 1953
Founded by Moroccan immigrants
Region Northern Negev
Council Bnei Shimon
Industries Agriculture
Affiliation Moshavim Movement

Ta'ashur (Hebrew: תְאַשּׁוּר‎, lit. Larch) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the north-western Negev between Ofakim and Netivot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bnei Shimon Regional Council and covers an area of around 1,200 dunams. In 2006 it had a population of 329.

The moshav was established in 1953 by Moroccan immigrants. Its name is taken from the Book of Isaiah, specifically Isaiah 41:19:

I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia-tree, and the myrtle, and the oil-tree; I will set in the desert the cypress, the plane-tree, and the larch together;[1]

Two other nearby moshavim, Brosh (cypress) and Tidhar (plane-tree) take their name from this passage and the three of them are known as the Moshavei Yahdav (lit. the "Together Moshavim").

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  1. ^ Isaiah 41 Mechon Mamre

Coordinates: 31°22′19.91″N 34°38′38.04″E / 31.3721972, 34.6439

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