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 it had a population of . Tarum is built near the ancient biblical town of Zorah.
History Tarum was established in 1950 on land which had previously belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Sar'a before the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
The founders of Tarum were immigrants from Yemen, who were later joined by Cochin Jews from India. Its name is taken from Psalms 89:14, as is the name of the neighbouring moshav Ta'oz;Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.431, 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.
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