Karmiel, 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.
275 Checked places18 Neighbourhoods mappedCandle lighting Friday 16:18
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This week
This week in Karmiel
א׳ בְּכִסְלֵו תשפ״ז
Shabbat
Parashat Toldot
Friday 13 November
- Candle lighting
- 16:18
- Havdalah
- 17:17
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 Karmiel
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 Karmiel, 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 KarmielWhere to start in Karmiel: the absorption centre and its Anglo oleh coordinators, the ulpan at the Matnas, health funds, banks and the English-speaking groups.
- 02Karmiel's neighbourhoodsThe neighbourhoods Nefesh B'Nefesh names as popular with olim, from the old centre and Dromit to Ramat Rabin, Makosh, Givat Ram and the newer Har Karmi.
- 03Getting around Karmiel: the train, buses and roadsThe Haifa–Karmiel railway (opened 2017), city buses, and the roads to Akko, Tzfat and Haifa.
- 04Health care in KarmielHealth fund clinics, Terem urgent care open on Shabbat, and the hospitals in Nahariya, Tzfat and Haifa.
- 05Schools in KarmielKarmiel's state, state-religious and Haredi schools, the gifted programme, the educational farm and ORT Braude College.
- 06Shopping, shuls and things to do in KarmielKarmiel's malls and supermarkets, shuls and mikvaot, the Dance Festival, the Quarries Park and the city's lookouts.
The place
A planned city in the Galilee
- Founded to an urban master plan
- 1964Founded to an urban master planSource (opens in a new tab)
- First Karmiel Dance Festival
- 1988First Karmiel Dance FestivalSource (opens in a new tab)
- Residents (2024)
- 47,941Residents (2024)Source (opens in a new tab)
Rooftops of Karmiel below the Galilee hills
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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 Karmiel.
These are not paid listings, and they are separate from the checked directory.
Common questions
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