Modiin, 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 Modiin
כ״ט בְּתִשְׁרֵי תשפ״ז
Shabbat
Parashat Bereshit
Friday 9 October
- Candle lighting
- 17:55
- 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
- 10Oct'First Name' (Haifa Theatre with HaShaa HaIsraeli Theatre) (opens in a new tab)20:30 · Modiin-Maccabim-Re'ut municipality (Heichal HaTarbut events)
- 11Oct'Morning and Song' sing-along for senior citizens (opens in a new tab)10:00 · Modiin-Maccabim-Re'ut municipality (Senior citizens events)
- 11OctFrom High Tech to Handyman: an uplifting aliyah journey (talk by Joseph Cox) (opens in a new tab)19:00 · Modiin Absorption Department, English activities sheet (Oct-Nov 2026)
Who are you?
Start where you are
Pick the page that fits you: the first steps, the right places in the directory and the people to ask.
Explore
Everything for life in Modiin
Local directory
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 language spoken, kashrut and neighbourhood.
The place
A new city in the hills, halfway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv
- First residents move into the new city
- 1996First residents move into the new citySource (opens in a new tab)
- Residents of Modiin-Maccabim-Re'ut (2024)
- 100,052Residents of Modiin-Maccabim-Re'ut (2024)Source (opens in a new tab)
- Olim from the last 10 years living in the city (2023)
- 5,900Olim from the last 10 years living in the city (2023)Source (opens in a new tab)
Red-roofed houses of Maccabim among cypress and pine trees, with the hills rising to the east behind them
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New in town
Your first weeks in Modiin, 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 Modiin: what to do, in what orderThe first-week checklist for new olim in Modiin-Maccabim-Re'ut: Beit Oleh, Misrad HaPnim at City Hall, arnona, water, Rav-Kav and the 106 hotline.
- 02Modiin neighbourhoods compared: Buchman, Kaizer, Shimshoni and the restModiin's neighbourhoods with their old and new names, when each was settled, how many people live there, and which ones NBN says are popular with olim.
- 03Schools and gans in Modiin: registration, after-school care and help for olimHow gan and school registration works in Modiin, what is known about 2027-28, the city's tzaharon and daycare options, and the support olim children get.
- 04Health funds, doctors and urgent care in ModiinWhere the four kupot cholim are in Modiin, Terem and the after-hours clinic, the nearest hospitals, and the Shabbat duty pharmacy.
- 05Getting around Modiin: trains, buses, Rav-Kav and ShabbatModiin's two train stations, Kavim buses, Rav-Kav, journey planners, the free weekend line to Tel Aviv, bikes and parking.
- 06Shopping and kosher food in ModiinAzrieli Mall, Yishpro and the neighbourhood centres, how the local Rabbanut certificates work, and what is open after Shabbat.
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 Modiin.
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