Tarum () is a

moshav A moshav (, plural ', "settlement, village") is a type of Israeli village or town or Jewish settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 and 1 ...

in central

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. Located to the north of

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with an area of 1,800

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s, it falls under the jurisdiction of

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. In it had a population of . Tarum is built near the ancient biblical town of

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History

Tarum was established in 1950 on land which had belonged to the depopulated

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village of

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. The founders of Tarum were

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from

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, who were later joined by

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from

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. Its name is taken from

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89:14, as is the name of the neighbouring moshav Ta'oz;Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p.72,

Thine is an arm with might; strong is Thy hand, and exalted is Thy right hand.

Gallery

File:TarumNov302021.jpg, Tarum - view from North-West File:TarumFeb282022.jpg 01.jpg, Tarum - view from South-East

References

{{Authority control Moshavim Populated places established in 1950 Populated places in Jerusalem District Yemeni-Jewish culture in Israel 1950 establishments in Israel