New olim
New to Hashmonaim? Start here
Nefesh B'Nefesh calls Hashmonaim a popular destination for religious, English-speaking olim, and its answer to where olim live is "anywhere in the yishuv". Services come from the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council; trains, the ulpan and the Ministry of Aliyah office are in Modi'in.
New olim
Start here
6 steps, in the order most people take them.
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Contact the Anglo oleh coordinator
NBN lists an Anglo Oleh Coordinator for Hashmonaim and volunteer contact families; details are on NBN's page.
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Register children through the council
Education is run by Mateh Binyamin, not the yishuv. Its registration centre is on 02-9977188; registration for 5787 has closed.
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Join the council WhatsApp group
Mateh Binyamin publishes a WhatsApp group for each community, including Hashmonaim, Ganei Modiin, Matityahu and Kfar HaOranim, and a Telegram channel.
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Find the yishuv website
The community site has the weekly events table, newsletter archive and phone book.
Go
Guides
Read next
- Your 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.
- Schools 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.
- Getting 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.
Good to know
- The Binyamin council's English page describes Hashmonaim as over 600 families, 25 minutes' drive from Jerusalem and 10 minutes from Modi'in.
Community groups
Where people talk
- Binyamin Now (council Telegram channel)Telegram · Mateh Binyamin Regional Council
- Binyamin Plus (regional matnas) on FacebookFacebook · Binyamin Plus (Mateh Binyamin matnas)
- Binyamin Region (English) on FacebookFacebook · Mateh Binyamin Regional Council (English site)
- Mateh Binyamin Regional Council on FacebookFacebook · Mateh Binyamin Regional Council
- Mateh Binyamin council updates: Ganei Modiin (WhatsApp)WhatsApp · Mateh Binyamin Regional Council
- Mateh Binyamin council updates: Hashmonaim (WhatsApp)WhatsApp · Mateh Binyamin Regional Council
Source
- Nefesh B'Nefesh: Hashmonaim community guide (opens in a new tab)
- Mateh Binyamin: registration for education (opens in a new tab)
- Mateh Binyamin: join WhatsApp (opens in a new tab)
- Binyamin Region (English): Hashmonaim (opens in a new tab)
- Ramat Modi'im community website (opens in a new tab)
This page was written for Hashmonaim from the sources above.
