Tzelafon is a moshav

Moshav

Moshav is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists during the second aliyah...

 in central Israel

Israel

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. Located to the north of Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council

Mateh Yehuda Regional Council

Mateh Yehuda Regional Council is a regional council in the Jerusalem District of Israel. In 2008 it was home to 36,200 people.The name of the regional council stems from the fact that its territory was part of the land allotted to the Tribe of Judah, according to the Bible.-Places and...

. In 2006 it had a population of 571.

The village was established in 1950 by immigrants

Jewish exodus from Arab lands

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 from Yemen

Yemen

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. They were later joined by more immigrants from Morocco

Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

, who arrived in Israel in 1955. It was named after the ancient city of Tzelafon, which was located in the area. The name is derived from Hazelelponi

Hazelelponi

Hazelelponi, also spelled Hazzelelponi is mentioned in 1 Chronicles 4:3. She was the daughter of Etam, sister of Jezreel, Ishma and Idbash, of the tribe of Judah....

, who was, according to the Talmud

Talmud

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, the mother of Samson

Samson

Samson, Shimshon ; Shamshoun or Sampson is the third to last of the Judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Tanakh ....

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