Hod HaSharon, 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.
198 Checked places8 Neighbourhoods mappedCandle lighting Friday 16:21
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This week
This week in Hod HaSharon
א׳ בְּכִסְלֵו תשפ״ז
Shabbat
Parashat Toldot
Friday 13 November
- Candle lighting
- 16:21
- Havdalah
- 17:19
Ben-Gurion Day
- Parsha:Parashat Toldot (opens in a new tab)
- Haftarah:Malachi 1:1-2:7 (opens in a new tab)
- Daf yomi:Bechorot 54 (opens in a new tab)
Readings from Hebcal (Israel schedule); texts open on Sefaria.
Chanukah is coming
Get ready for Chanukah
The first candle is lit at nightfall on Friday 4 December. 23 days to go.
On Friday, light before the Shabbat candles, with candles that will burn until half an hour after dark.
Light the chanukiah
Candles go in from right to left. You light from left to right, the newest candle first, with the shamash.
Spin the dreidel
- Your coins
- 10
- Pot
- 2
You start with 10 coins and 2 in the pot. In Israel the letters stand for נֵס גָּדוֹל הָיָה פֹּה, "a great miracle happened here".
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 Hod HaSharon
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.
New in town
Your first weeks in Hod HaSharon, 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 weeks in Hod HaSharonWhere to start in Hod HaSharon: city hall, your health fund clinic, a bank branch, the library and the train to Tel Aviv.
- 02Getting around Hod HaSharon: trains, buses and roadsTwo train stations on the north edge of town, the Sharonim bus terminal, Highways 4, 5, 40 and 531, and the metro planned for the 2030s.
- 03Shabbat, shuls and mikvaot in Hod HaSharonThe historic Magdiel Central Synagogue, Ashkenazi and Sephardi central shuls, six city mikvaot and how candle-lighting time is set.
- 04Shopping and kosher food in Hod HaSharonSupermarkets, the Sharonim and Margalit malls, the farmers' market and how to check kashrut in Hod HaSharon.
- 05Health care in Hod HaSharonHealth fund clinics on Hankin Street and around town, Meir Medical Center next door in Kfar Saba, pharmacies and emergency numbers.
- 06Schools and day care in Hod HaSharonHod HaSharon's state, state-religious, democratic and anthroposophic schools, the high schools, and the Alexander Muss programme for students from abroad.
The place
Four moshavot, one green city
- Magdiel, Ramatayim, Kfar Hadar and Ramat Hadar merged
- 1964Magdiel, Ramatayim, Kfar Hadar and Ramat Hadar mergedSource (opens in a new tab)
- Ramatayim: the first local council in Israel
- 1949Ramatayim: the first local council in IsraelSource (opens in a new tab)
- Residents (2024)
- 66,398Residents (2024)Source (opens in a new tab)
Hod HaSharon seen from the open fields south of the city
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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 Hod HaSharon.
These are not paid listings, and they are separate from the checked directory.
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