Shalva ( he, שַׁלְוָה, ''lit.'' Security) is a
moshav shitufi
A moshav shitufi ( he, מושב שיתופי, lit. ''collective moshav'', pl. ''moshavim shitufiim'') is a type of cooperative Israeli village, whose organizational principles place it between the kibbutz and the moshav on the scale of cooperatio ...
in southern
Israel. Located in the southern
Shephelah
The Shephelah or Shfela, lit. "lowlands" ( hbo, הַשְּפֵלָה ''hašŠǝfēlā'', also Modern Hebrew: , ''Šǝfēlat Yəhūda'', the "Judaean foothills"), is a transitional region of soft-sloping rolling hills in south-central Israel str ...
near
Kiryat Gat, it falls under the jurisdiction of
Shafir Regional Council
Shafir Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית שפיר, ''Mo'atza Azorit Shafir'') is a regional council in the Southern District of Israel near the city of Kiryat Gat.
The council is bordered on the north by the Be'er Tuvia Regional Cou ...
. In it had a population of .
History
The moshav was founded in 1952 by
Jewish immigrants and refugees mostly from
Libya, although some immigrants from
Tunisia also joined it. Its name is taken from the book of
Psalms 122:7: "be ... security within your towers."
[Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.417, (English)]
References
Moshavim
Populated places established in 1952
Populated places in Southern District (Israel)
1952 establishments in Israel
Libyan-Jewish culture in Israel
Tunisian-Jewish culture in Israel
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