Neighbourhoods of Hashmonaim

Modiin

The city about 2 km west. Listed here only for what Hashmonaim relies on: the two train stations, Azrieli Mall, Terem 24/7, Maccabi Kramim, the municipal ulpan and the Ministry of Aliyah office.

51 places

Kiryat Sefer (Modiin Illit)

The large Haredi city immediately east of Hashmonaim. Residents use its clinics: the nearest Maccabi centres, Clalit clinics and pharmacies, Meuhedet and Terem urgent care, Bituach Leumi, and the frequent buses to Jerusalem and Bnei Brak that stop at Hashmonaim Junction.

35 places

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Mateh Binyamin (council services)

20 places

Hevel Modiin (nearby sites)

18 places

Shilat junction

The commercial and industrial area at Shilat Junction on Route 443, just south of Hashmonaim, where most everyday shopping happens: Rami Levy, bakeries, Shabbat take-away, cafes and the Be pharmacy that opens on Motzei Shabbat.

13 places

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Ganei Modiin

Haredi community yishuv next door, entered through Hashmonaim; about 800 families with many olim, around 12 shuls (mostly Haredi) and its own Chinuch Atzmai schools. Founded in 1985, part of Modiin Illit for about 20 years, now back in Mateh Binyamin.

9 places

Kfar HaOranim

Secular yishuv (also called Menora) south-east of Hashmonaim, about 590 families, founded in 1997, about 4 km from Modiin. No admissions committee; a small commercial centre, gans, a matnas and a library.

5 places

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National organisations

5 places

Matityahu

Haredi moshav just east of Hashmonaim, about 170 families, founded in 1981 by a group formed in the US; the council says about half the residents are of Anglo-Saxon origin. Daycare and gans; older children study in Kiryat Sefer, Hashmonaim or Jerusalem.

3 places

Lapid

Small community near Shilat Junction, south of Kfar HaOranim. Listed here for the Khirbet Kurikur ridge and its 1948 history.

1 place