Tarum
Tarum is a moshav in central Israel.

Tarum is a moshav in central Israel. Located to the north of Beit Shemesh with an area of 1,800 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 919. Tarum is built near the ancient biblical town of Zorah.
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Worth seeing in and around Tarum
2 places 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.
- 01Biblical Museum of Natural History
The Biblical Museum of Natural History, currently located in Hartuv at the entrance to Beit Shemesh, Israel, was founded in 2014 by Rabbi Dr.
3.4 km · museum in Beit Shemesh, Israel · Wikipedia - 02Tel Bet Shemesh
Tel Beit Shemesh is a small archaeological tell north west of the modern city of Beit Shemesh. It was identified in the late 1830s as Biblical Beth Shemesh – it then was known as Ain Shams – by Edward Robinson.
3.6 km · hill in Jerusalem District, Israel · Wikipedia
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Getting to Tarum
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 27 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 96 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 98 km
- Stations
- Beit Shemesh Railway Station, 2.9 km
- Eilat → Tarum248 km · quickest by road, 5h 27m · ₪105–140
- Amman → Tarum93 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · JD5–7
- El Arish → Tarum134 km · quickest by road, 4h 20m · E£330–440
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Tarum
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 Tarum. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Tarum – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Tarum
Tarum is 22 km from Jerusalem, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Beit Shemeshcity in Israel3.5 km
- Neve Shalomhuman settlement3.9 km
- Eshtaolmoshav in Jerusalem District, central Israel2.6 km
- Deir Rafathuman settlement in Israel3.5 km
- Kfar Uriahuman settlement3.4 km
- Sar'avillage in Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine700 m