Talmei Yaffe () is a moshav shitufi in southern Israel. Located near Ashkelon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History Talmei Yaffe was founded in 1950 as a kibbutz by Jewish immigrants from Poland and Romania, on the lands of the former depopulated Palestinian village of Barbara. It was named after Leib Yaffe, a director-general of Keren Hayesod who was killed in the car bombing of the Jewish Agency building in Jerusalem in 1948.The Jewish Agency's Digest of Press and Events In 1961 it was converted to a moshav shitufi.
In 2005 some families evacuated from settlements in Gush Katif were resettled in Talmei Yaffe following the Israeli disengagement from Gaza.Exile in Israel The Jerusalem Post
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