Yahel
- This article is about the kibbutz. For other uses, see Yahel (disambiguation).
| Yahel | |
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Entrance to the kibbutz | |
  Yahel | |
| Coordinates: 30°5′2.75″N 35°7′44.76″E / 30.0840972°N 35.1291000°ECoordinates: 30°5′2.75″N 35°7′44.76″E / 30.0840972°N 35.1291000°E | |
| Council | Hevel Eilot |
| Region | Arabah |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 1977 |
| Founded by | Reform movement |
| Website | www.yahel.co.il |
Yahel (Hebrew: יַהֵל) is a Reform kibbutz in the Arava (as spelled in English when borrowed from Hebrew) or Arabah (as spelled in English when borrowed from Arabic) 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]
References
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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