noun
- a cooperative agricultural settlement in Israel where families own their own homes and farms but share certain facilities and services
Examples
- The family moved to a moshav in northern Israel to start farming.
- Unlike a kibbutz, residents of a moshav own their individual plots of land.
- The moshav was established in the 1950s by immigrants from Eastern Europe.
- Each family in the moshav manages their own agricultural business.
- The moshav’s cooperative store provides supplies to all the residents.
- Children from the moshav attend the regional school in the nearby town.