Tzafririm

Tzafririm is located in the Adullam region, southwest of Beit Shemesh, near the neighboring communities of Giv'at Yeshayahu and Srigim.[1] It sits within the Jerusalem Subdistrict and is administered by the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council.[1][2] The moshav is among settlements that flank the HaElah Valley and look onto the Etzion Bloc in the Hebron Mountains.[3]

The surrounding terrain is hilly, and the moshav sits at an average elevation of 330 meters above sea level.[2] Its built character is defined by low-rise construction on agricultural farmsteads, with farm buildings interspersed among open agricultural areas.[1] Access is provided by Road 3544, which connects to Road 38.[1] Infrastructure includes roads, street lighting, electricity, water, and sewage systems.[1]

Tzafririm was established in 1958 by immigrants from North Africa and India.[1] Across the Jerusalem Corridor, 35 settlements are identified; most were established by immigrants from Yemen, Kurdistan, North Africa, Romania, and Hungary.[3] The 2022 locality file identifies Tzafririm by locality code 1079 and lists 1958 as its founding year.[2]

Two Israel Central Bureau of Statistics datasets record different population figures for Tzafririm. The 2022 locality file lists a total population of 428, with 427 in the combined Jews and others category, including 423 Jews, and 1 Arab.[2] A separate alphabetical locality list records a population of 438.[4] The sources do not explain the discrepancy. Both datasets use locality code 1079. The locality file lists 1958 as the founding year, while the alphabetical list records 1958 as the year of Jewish settlement.[2][4]

Tzafririm is listed as a place of publication for Nevo.[5] A 2023 Hebrew edition of Yissachar Rosen-Zvi's Civil Procedure Rules is recorded as published in Tsafririm by Nevo; the volume comprises 1,007 pages.[5] A 2019 Hebrew festschrift honoring former Supreme Court Justice Yoram Danziger is likewise cataloged with "Tsafririm: Nevo" as its place and publisher of record.[6]