Located about 20 km from Jerusalem, near the city of Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council.

[3] The name was taken from the Biblical Book of Judges (13:25): "And the spirit of the Lord began to move him (Samson) at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol."

The kibbutz's name is also similar to, and is related to that of the nearby and depopulated Palestinian village of Sar'a.

[4] A ritual bath dating back to the Second Temple Period was discovered near Tzora kibbutz during an archaeological excavation conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority in 2011.

One of the main branches of the kibbutz economy was Tzora Furniture Ltd., which began in 1957 as a metal factory.