Ma'ale Adumim, 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.
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This week
This week in Ma'ale Adumim
כ״ט בְּתִשְׁרֵי תשפ״ז
Shabbat
Parashat Bereshit
Friday 9 October
- Candle lighting
- 17:53
- Havdalah
- 18:49
30 minutes (Chabad.org): 17:43
- Parsha:Parashat Bereshit (opens in a new tab)
- Haftarah:I Samuel 20:18-42 (opens in a new tab)
- Daf yomi:Bechorot 22 (opens in a new tab)
Readings from Hebcal (Israel schedule); texts open on Sefaria.
Coming up
- 11OctMAKE seniors' academy: artificial intelligence (opens in a new tab)19:00 · Matnas Ma'ale Adumim events
- 14OctMAKE seniors' academy: digital albums (opens in a new tab)09:00 · Matnas Ma'ale Adumim events
- 14OctKatedra: festive opening evening (opens in a new tab)19:30 · Matnas Ma'ale Adumim events
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.
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Everything for life in Ma'ale Adumim
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.
The place
A hilltop city on the edge of the desert
- The first 23 families and six singles settle at Givat HaMeyasdim (December)
- 1975The first 23 families and six singles settle at Givat HaMeyasdim (December)Source (opens in a new tab)
- and 3 bridges on the Nativ HaKaronit footpaths: walk almost anywhere without crossing a road
- 12 tunnelsand 3 bridges on the Nativ HaKaronit footpaths: walk almost anywhere without crossing a roadSource (opens in a new tab)
- Height of the residential city above sea level; Mishor Adumim sits at about 250 m
- ~450 mHeight of the residential city above sea level; Mishor Adumim sits at about 250 mSource (opens in a new tab)
Ma'ale Adumim in early-morning light: rows of stone-clad buildings along a ridge above a green wadi slope, under a blue sky with clouds
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New in town
Your first weeks in Ma'ale Adumim, 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 week in Ma'ale AdumimThe 107 hotline, arnona at Kikar Yahalom, the government offices in the mall, the absorption team, the library card and the 90-second rule: first-week jobs in Ma'ale Adumim, in the order that saves trips.
- 02The neighbourhoods of Ma'ale Adumim, comparedMitzpe Nevo, Nofei HaSela, Tzemach HaSadeh, Megadim, HaNachalim, Klei Shir, the veteran neighbourhoods and Kfar Adumim: what official pages say about each, and what they don't.
- 03Schools, gans and daycare in Ma'ale AdumimHow registration works for daycare, gan, first grade and high school in Ma'ale Adumim, with the 2026-27 dates as a guide until the 2027-28 dates are published, plus afternoon programmes and help for olim children.
- 04Health care in Ma'ale AdumimAll four kupot, Terem on HaEshel St, the on-call pharmacist system, Tipat Halav, Hadassah Mount Scopus and the emergency numbers: health care in Ma'ale Adumim, checked October 2026.
- 05Getting around Ma'ale AdumimBuses to Jerusalem's light rail, the central bus station and Tel Aviv, the Rav-Kav centre in the mall, walking on the Nativ HaKaronit footpaths, parking, and what to expect on Shabbat.
- 06Shabbat and shuls in Ma'ale AdumimCandle-lighting times (20 or 30 minutes), the official list of 46 shuls, what I could and couldn't confirm about English-speaking minyanim, mikvaot hours, the eruv and marriage registration.
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 Ma'ale Adumim.
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