Hashmonaim, for newcomers and locals
Places checked against their own sources, this week's Shabbat times and weather, what's on, and the practical answers newcomers ask for.
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This week
This week in Hashmonaim
כ״ט בְּתִשְׁרֵי תשפ״ז
Shabbat
Parashat Bereshit
Friday 9 October
- Candle lighting
- 17:54
- Havdalah
- 18:50
- Parsha:Parashat Bereshit (opens in a new tab)
- Haftarah:I Samuel 20:18-42 (opens in a new tab)
- Daf yomi:Bechorot 22 (opens in a new tab)
Readings from Hebcal (Israel schedule); texts open on Sefaria.
Coming up
- 15OctMental Health Conference 2026 (Mateh Binyamin) (opens in a new tab)18:00 · Binyamin Plus (regional matnas) events
- 20OctWorkshop for family caregivers (West Binyamin), session 1 of 5 (opens in a new tab)19:30 · Binyamin Plus events (Mateh Binyamin matnas)
Who are you?
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Pick the page that fits you: the first steps, the right places in the directory and the people to ask.
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Everything for life in Hashmonaim
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Places checked against their own source
Every listing links to where its details came from and shows the date it was last checked. Filter by community, language spoken and kashrut.
The place
A small yishuv on a hill between two wadis
- Founded in Tammuz 5747 (July 1987)
- 1987Founded in Tammuz 5747 (July 1987)Source (opens in a new tab)
- Families, per the Mateh Binyamin council
- ~680Families, per the Mateh Binyamin councilSource (opens in a new tab)
- From Jerusalem, just off Route 443
- 30 kmFrom Jerusalem, just off Route 443Source (opens in a new tab)
Hashmonaim at golden hour seen from the Shilat side: homes spread over the hill above the road, with the Binyamin hills behind
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New in town
Your first weeks in Hashmonaim, step by step
The paperwork, the health fund, the bank, the bus card and the arnona office, in the order that saves you trips. Your progress stays on your device.
- 1
Before you land
- Gather original documents
- Check your aliyah file is complete
- Compare the four health funds
- 2
First week
- Install Home Front Command and find your shelter
- Get a Rav-Kav or a payment app
- Open a bank account
- 3
First month
- Register for arnona at the municipality
- Sign up for ulpan
- Meet your absorption adviser
- 4
First three months
- Ask your employer about tax credit points
- Check your National Insurance status
- Decide on health fund supplementary cover
Guides
Practical guides, with the common questions answered
- 01Your first week in HashmonaimThe first jobs after you move into Hashmonaim: the yishuv office, the Mateh Binyamin council, arnona, the gate, post, emergency numbers and where government services are.
- 02Hashmonaim and the communities around itHashmonaim has no official neighbourhoods. Here is the yishuv itself and the places right around it that residents use every week: Ganei Modiin, Matityahu, Kfar HaOranim, Kiryat Sefer, Shilat and Modiin.
- 03Schools and gans in HashmonaimGans, the primary school, Yeshivat Ner Tamid, registration zones, school buses, daycare and the yishuv's tzaharon operator, from the Mateh Binyamin council.
- 04Health funds and urgent care near HashmonaimWhich kupot have clinics in Hashmonaim, where Maccabi members go, English-speaking doctors, evening and Shabbat urgent care, the nearest hospital and the emergency numbers.
- 05Getting around from HashmonaimBuses inside the yishuv and from Hashmonaim and Shilat junctions, the Modi'in train stations, Rav-Kav desks, traffic updates and who to complain to.
- 06Shabbat and shuls in HashmonaimCandle-lighting custom, the shuls of Hashmonaim and Ganei Modiin, the rav, mikvaot, the eruv question, techum Shabbat with Modiin Illit, women's learning and Chabad, with what still needs local confirmation.
Useful apps
The apps people here actually use
Organisations newcomers use
From our network
Good people I work with
A few organisations from the Consult With Ari network whose work reaches people in Hashmonaim.
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