Ramat Gan, 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.
522 Checked places36 Neighbourhoods mappedCandle lighting Friday 16:22
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This week
This week in Ramat Gan
ב׳ בְּכִסְלֵו תשפ״ז
Shabbat
Parashat Toldot
Friday 13 November
- Candle lighting
- 16:22
- Havdalah
- 17:20
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 55 (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. 22 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 Ramat Gan
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 Ramat Gan, 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 Ramat GanWhere to start in Ramat Gan: the municipality's olim services and Anglo oleh coordinator, health funds, banks, government offices and community centres.
- 02Ramat Gan's neighbourhoodsFrom the Diamond Exchange towers to the garden streets of Kiryat Krinitzi: how Ramat Gan's neighbourhoods differ.
- 03Getting around Ramat Gan: light rail, trains and busesThe Red Line light rail on Jabotinsky Road, trains from Tel Aviv Savidor, and 44 minutes to Jerusalem.
- 04Health care in Ramat GanSheba Medical Center, the health funds' clinics, the municipal well-baby clinics and the emergency numbers.
- 05Schools, colleges and universities in Ramat GanRamat Gan's schools, Bar-Ilan University and the colleges, and how registration works.
- 06Things to do in Ramat GanThe Safari and the National Park, museums, theatres, sport and the shopping malls.
The place
A garden city next to Tel Aviv
- Founded as a moshava
- 1921Founded as a moshavaSource (opens in a new tab)
- Residents (2024)
- 172,242Residents (2024)Source (opens in a new tab)
- Animals at the Safari
- 1,600Animals at the SafariSource (opens in a new tab)
The lake and fountain in Ramat Gan National Park
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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 Ramat Gan.
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