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moshav

[ moh-shahv ]

noun

plural moshavim
  1. a cooperative community in Israel made up of small farm units.


moshav

/ ɔˈʃ /

noun

  1. a cooperative settlement in Israel, consisting of a number of small farms
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of moshav1

1930–35; < Mod Hebrew moshav, Hebrew ō dwelling
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of moshav1

C20: from Hebrew ō a dwelling
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Farm work near the Gaza Strip is perilous, with fewer bomb shelters than the kibbutzim or moshavim where most of Israel’s border population resides.

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Based on a moshav, or collective farm, in central Israel, Mr Sade is the founder of tech firm BloomX.

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The book was animated by stories his grandmother had told him about her life on a moshav, or cooperative farming community, in the decades before Israel became an independent state.

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In 1968 he traveled to Israel to study the moshav, or collective farm, movement.

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The moshav provides 7% of all the eggs consumed in Israel.

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