Students & lone soldiers
Students, gap year and lone soldiers
Hashmonaim is home to Yeshivat Bnei Akiva Ner Tamid and has women's learning programmes, and many young people commute to base or campus via Hashmonaim Junction and Modi'in station. Mateh Binyamin runs a young adults' centre with its own WhatsApp updates group.
Students & lone soldiers
Start here
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Young adults centre
Mateh Binyamin's young adults centre posts updates in a WhatsApp group listed on the council site map.
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Lone soldiers
Nefesh B'Nefesh runs a national Lone Soldiers Program; the Lone Soldier Center and Garin Tzabar are in the directory. No Hashmonaim-specific lone-soldier programme was found.
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Getting to base
From Hashmonaim Junction, lines 310-340 run to Jerusalem; from Shilat Junction Kavim 111 runs to Tel Aviv about every 10 minutes on weekdays.
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Trains
Modi'in Center had trains to Nahariya and Jerusalem on a weekday in October 2026; Pa'atei Modi'in adds more northbound trains.
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Learning in the yishuv
See the yeshiva and batei midrash in the directory: Ner Tamid, Midreshet HaDerech Elaych and Matan.
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Guides
Read next
- 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.
- Shabbat 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.
Good to know
- Lone soldiers have specific rights (rent help, leave, grants): the Lone Soldier Center and the IDF lone soldier office can explain yours.
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)
- 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
- Mateh Binyamin council updates: Kfar HaOranim (WhatsApp)WhatsApp · Mateh Binyamin Regional Council
Source
- Mateh Binyamin site map (young adults centre WhatsApp) (opens in a new tab)
- Nefesh B'Nefesh Lone Soldiers Program (opens in a new tab)
- Ministry of Transport GTFS via Open Bus Stride (Hasadna), Tue 2026-10-06 (opens in a new tab)
This page was written for Hashmonaim from the sources above.
