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Coordinates: 30°5′2.75″N 35°7′44.76″E / 30.0840972, 35.1291
Yahel (Hebrew: יַהֵל) is a Reform kibbutz in the Arava Valley in the Negev desert in the southern part Israel, 60 miles from the city of Eilat. It is the first kibbutz founded by the Reform movement.
The name of the kibbutz is symbolic and means "(he) will put up a tent". It comes from the Book of Isaiah (Isaiah 13:20).[1]
[edit] References
- ^ HaReuveni, Immanuel (1999). Lexicon of the Land of Israel (in Hebrew). Miskal - Yedioth Ahronoth Books and Chemed Books, 393. ISBN 965-448-413-7.
[edit] Further reading
- William F.S. Miles. Zion in the Desert: American Jews in Israel’s Reform Kibbutzim. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2007.
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