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Ein Yahav is a moshav
Moshav

Moshav is a type of Israeli settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms settlered by the Labor Zionisms during the second aliyah ....
 in Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
 under the jurisdiction of the Central Arava Regional Council
Central Arava Regional Council

The Central Arava Regional Council is a Regional Council in the South District of Israel.It encompasses 7 or 8 settlements near the eastern border of Israel, south of the Dead Sea....
.

It was first settled by members of the agricultural branch of the Army (Nahal
Nahal

Nahal is an Israel Defense Forces infantry brigade. Historically, it refers to a program that combines military service and establishment of new agricultural settlements, often in outlying areas....
) in 1960. they set up tents and followed the dictate of David Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion

was the first Prime Minister of Israel. Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism, which began early in life, culminated in his instrumental role in the founding of the state of Israel....
 to make the desert bloom.

There is an ancient copper-smelting site near Ein-Yahav. A small hill with blackened slopes, covered mainly by crushed copper slag, identify the remains of the smelting devices used at the end of the Early Bronze Age for smelting copper.

Today there are approximately 170 families on Ein Yahav.

moshav is situated in Israel's Southern Arava Valley, between the Dead Sea
Dead Sea

For the Brian Keene book of the same name, see Dead Sea The Dead Sea is a salt lake between Israel and the West Bank to the west, and Jordan to the east....
 and Eilat
Eilat

Eilat is Israel's South District city, a busy port as well as a popular resort, located at the northern tip of the Red Sea, on the Gulf of Aqaba....
.






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Ein Yahav is a moshav
Moshav

Moshav is a type of Israeli settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms settlered by the Labor Zionisms during the second aliyah ....
 in Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
 under the jurisdiction of the Central Arava Regional Council
Central Arava Regional Council

The Central Arava Regional Council is a Regional Council in the South District of Israel.It encompasses 7 or 8 settlements near the eastern border of Israel, south of the Dead Sea....
.

It was first settled by members of the agricultural branch of the Army (Nahal
Nahal

Nahal is an Israel Defense Forces infantry brigade. Historically, it refers to a program that combines military service and establishment of new agricultural settlements, often in outlying areas....
) in 1960. they set up tents and followed the dictate of David Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion

was the first Prime Minister of Israel. Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism, which began early in life, culminated in his instrumental role in the founding of the state of Israel....
 to make the desert bloom.

There is an ancient copper-smelting site near Ein-Yahav. A small hill with blackened slopes, covered mainly by crushed copper slag, identify the remains of the smelting devices used at the end of the Early Bronze Age for smelting copper.

Today there are approximately 170 families on Ein Yahav.

Geography

The moshav is situated in Israel's Southern Arava Valley, between the Dead Sea
Dead Sea

For the Brian Keene book of the same name, see Dead Sea The Dead Sea is a salt lake between Israel and the West Bank to the west, and Jordan to the east....
 and Eilat
Eilat

Eilat is Israel's South District city, a busy port as well as a popular resort, located at the northern tip of the Red Sea, on the Gulf of Aqaba....
. Ein-Yahav has an airfield nearby (Airport Code: EIY)

Economics

Agricultural enterprises include raising of cherry tomato, eggplants and production of Aloe Vera.

Matamaon Ba'Arava is a tourist lodging of log cabins located on the moshav.