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Tzafririm

Tzafririm
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Tzafririm is located in Jerusalem, Israel
Tzafririm
Tzafririm
Coordinates: 31°39′37.43″N 34°56′33″E / 31.6603972°N 34.94250°E / 31.6603972; 34.94250Coordinates: 31°39′37.43″N 34°56′33″E / 31.6603972°N 34.94250°E / 31.6603972; 34.94250
District Jerusalem
Council Mateh Yehuda
Affiliation Moshavim Movement
Founded 1958
Founded by Indian and North African Jews
Population (2016) 449

Tzafririm (Hebrew: צַפְרִירִים‎, lit. Zephyrs) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2016 it had a population of 449.

The village was established in 1958 by immigrants from North Africa and India on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of 'Ajjur.


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