Sharsheret, Israel

Place in Southern, Israel

Sharsheret 31°24′16″N 34°36′12″E / 31.40444°N 34.60333°E / 31.40444; 34.60333
Country	Israel
District	Southern
Council	Sdot Negev
Affiliation	Hapoel HaMizrachi
Founded	1951
Founded by	Tunisian Jews
Population (2022)^[1]	359

Sharsheret (Hebrew: שַׁרְשֶׁרֶת, lit. 'Chain') is a religious moshav in southern Israel. Located near Netivot and covering 6,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sdot Negev Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 359.^[1]

History

The village was established in 1951 with the help of the Jewish Agency for Israel by Bnei Akiva members who were immigrants from Tunisia. Its name (literally 'Chain') is a combination of two words, Sar (Minister, written with a Shin and also pronounceable as "Shar") and Sharett (referring to Moshe Sharett, who was Foreign Minister at the time the moshav was founded).^[2]