Khan BaShvil HaYa'ar
חאן בשביל היער
Guest house · No kosher certificate
At the edge of Moshav Ta'oz, by the forest, Ta'oz
A khan for groups and families at the edge of Moshav Ta'oz, in a fruit orchard where the forest path begins, with a covered hall, a camping area and a private cabin
Khan BaShvil HaYa'ar is run by Milka Moses-Shavit, a tour guide for more than thirty years who once kept guest cabins, and her daughter Tam, who manages it day to day; Milka pulled down an earlier roadside khan and rebuilt it beside a tended fruit orchard and a small vineyard the family planted. Up to 70 guests sleep on mattresses in the covered hall or in their own tents in the orchard, a couple or small family can take a separate cabin with its own bathroom, and up to 120 come for a day event without staying. Guests cook in the shared kitchen, bring food or order home-cooked meals and breakfasts ahead, and the yard has a central fire pit, a saj, a taboon and a pizza oven, picnic tables, paddling pools for summer, a ping-pong table and play equipment, with the forest path starting at the gate. Music goes off at 22:00, pets are not taken, and guests who keep Shabbat find an urn, hot plates, a Shabbat clock and a synagogue within walking distance.
At a glance
- Kosher
- No certificate
- Wheelchair
- Accessible
- Parking
- Accessible parking listed
- Own website
- Protected space on site
- Paddling pools
- Good for families
- Wi-Fi
Rooms
The covered hall
Sleeps up to 70
One shared covered space where the whole group sleeps on mattresses; guests bring bedding or sleeping bags by arrangement
Camping in the orchard
A camping area in the compound for guests' own tents and gear
The cabin
1 room · Sleeps up to 4
A separate unit with a double bed, a bathroom with a bath and toilet, a kitchenette with a fridge, coffee station and microwave, and a balcony
The hall and the camping area share three hot showers, four toilets and a fully equipped kitchen; the whole compound can be booked for one group alone. Prices depend on season, day and nights, and are quoted on request.
Read from han-milka.co.il on 2026-10-05.
Photos
For illustration: the trade, not Khan BaShvil HaYa'ar itself.
Location
At the edge of Moshav Ta'oz, by the forest, Ta'oz
- Train: Beit Shemesh4.6 km from the door, straight line
- Bus: Nearest stop 284 mlines 32, 411, 449, 454, 464, 507
- Parking: Accessible parking listedIts site gives parking for 70 cars and room for buses, with public transport a five-minute walk away.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-05.
Questions
About Khan BaShvil HaYa'ar
- 4.6 km from Beit Shemesh stationBus stops within 403 m: מסעף תעוז/תרום למערב, מסעף תרום/תעוז למזרח, המעיין/ההר.
Khan BaShvil HaYa'ar is a guest house at At the edge of Moshav Ta'oz, by the forest in Ta'oz, in the Jerusalem District. Behind it: owner and tour guide Milka Moses-Shavit and owner and manager Tam Shavit.
It has 3 kinds of room.
The nearest railway station is Beit Shemesh, 4.6 km away. The nearest bus stops are מסעף תעוז/תרום למערב (284 m), מסעף תרום/תעוז למזרח (299 m), המעיין/ההר (403 m). Its site gives parking for 70 cars and room for buses, with public transport a five-minute walk away.
Not on the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council's list of kosher businesses, read on 5 October 2026, and its own pages show no certificate. Its site says guests who keep Shabbat find an urn, Shabbat hot plates and a Shabbat clock, and that Shabbat meals can be ordered ahead. It is listed as wheelchair accessible on han-milka.co.il.
The name does not appear in the Companies Registrar, which points to a sole proprietorship or partnership rather than a company.
אנחנו מילכה ותם, אמא ובת, ומנהלות את המקום בעצמנו. מילכה מורת דרך שמלווה קבוצות מעל שלושים שנה, ותם מנהלת את החאן בפועל.The public registers a directory should check and usually does not. A blank is reported as a blank.
- Kosher certificate
- Not on the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council's list of kosher businesses, read on 5 October 2026, and its own pages show no certificate. Its site says guests who keep Shabbat find an urn, Shabbat hot plates and a Shabbat clock, and that Shabbat meals can be ordered ahead. m-yehuda.org.il2026-10-05
- Accessibility statement
- Its site says the compound is accessible, with accessible parking and entrance and inner doors fitted for wheelchairs. han-milka.co.il2026-10-05
- Companies Registrar
- Its pages name no company, and there is no company named חאן בשביל היער in the Companies Registrar on data.gov.il; it may trade as a partnership or a sole trader, which the registrar does not list. data.gov.il2026-10-05
- Municipal business licence
- Businesses in Ta'oz are licensed by the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council, which publishes on its website a list of the businesses in its communities that hold a business licence, with each one's trade, community and licence number. This business is not on it under its own name, a company's name or its address, as the list read on 5 October 2026. m-yehuda.org.il2026-10-05
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| Field | Value | Source | Read on | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | חאן בשביל היער / Khan BaShvil HaYa'ar | han-milka.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Address | At the edge of Moshav Ta'oz, by the forest | han-milka.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Coordinates | 31.798139, 34.977083 (the Waze link on its website) | han-milka.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | 054-240-0863 | han-milka.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Website | han-milka.co.il | han-milka.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Logo | Its own icon, from han-milka.co.il | han-milka.co.il | Quoted, attributed | |
| Rooms | 3 kinds of room | han-milka.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| What it is like | Written from han-milka.co.il | han-milka.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Kosher certificate | None published | m-yehuda.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Accessibility | Wheelchair accessible | han-milka.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Parking | Its site gives parking for 70 cars and room for buses, with public transport a five-minute walk away. | han-milka.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Train and bus | Beit Shemesh 4.6 km; מסעף תעוז/תרום למערב 284 m; מסעף תרום/תעוז למזרח 299 m; המעיין/ההר 403 m | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Companies Registrar | Its pages name no company, and there is no company named חאן בשביל היער in the Companies Registrar on data.gov.il; it may trade as a partnership or a sole trader, which the registrar does not list. | data.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| Business licence | Businesses in Ta'oz are licensed by the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council, which publishes on its website a list of the businesses in its communities that hold a business licence, with each one's trade, community and licence number. This business is not on it under its own name, a company's name or its address, as the list read on 5 October 2026. | m-yehuda.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| The owners' own words | Quoted from its website | han-milka.co.il | Quoted, attributed | |
| Photographs | 2 licensed | han-milka.co.il | Linked, not copied |
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