Ben Zakai
Ben Zakai is a religious moshav in central Israel.
Ben Zakai is a religious moshav in central Israel. Located just south of Yavne, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Yavne Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,025.
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Worth seeing in and around Ben Zakai
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Yibna Bridge
The Yibna Bridge or Nahr Rubin Bridge is a Mamluk arch bridge near Yibna, which crosses the Nahal Sorek. It was previously used by Route 410 to Rehovot, and was known as the Jumping Bridge due to a bump in the middle of the bridge which caused cars to jump if speeding.
2.6 km · bridge in Israel · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ben Zakai
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 23 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 120 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 120 km
- Stations
- Yavne East Railway Station, 1.4 km · Yavne West Railway Station, 3.9 km
- Eilat → Ben Zakai257 km · quickest by road, 5h 30m · ₪105–140
- Amman → Ben Zakai115 km · quickest by road, 2h 55m · JD6–8
- El Arish → Ben Zakai120 km · quickest by road, 4h 23m · E£335–445
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No local-transport research exists yet for Ben Zakai
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ben Zakai. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundBy bus, taxi ("moneet" in Hebrew), or minibus ("moneet sherut").
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Next door to Ben Zakai
Ben Zakai is 25 km from Tel Aviv, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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