Kfar Saba, 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 Kfar Saba
כ״ט בְּתִשְׁרֵי תשפ״ז
Shabbat
Parashat Bereshit
Friday 9 October
- Candle lighting
- 17:55
- Havdalah
- 18:50
- 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
- 10Oct'Itamar Walks on Walls' - children's play after David Grossman (opens in a new tab)11:00 · Kfar Saba culture hall (Smarticket)
- 12OctThe Jungle Book: the musical (opens in a new tab)17:30 · Heichal HaTarbut Kfar Saba (box office site)
- 13OctFestive show for Yom HaAliyah (Aliyah Day) (opens in a new tab)19:00 · Heichal HaTarbut Kfar Saba (box office site)
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 Kfar Saba
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
From orchard village to green city
- Residents on the municipal population register, August 2026 (the CBS estimate is lower, about 98,700)
- 112,315Residents on the municipal population register, August 2026 (the CBS estimate is lower, about 98,700)Source (opens in a new tab)
- Land bought by Petah Tikva farmers, the start of the moshava (city status in 1962)
- 1903Land bought by Petah Tikva farmers, the start of the moshava (city status in 1962)Source (opens in a new tab)
- Dunams of landscaped green space in a city of about 14 km²
- 1,300Dunams of landscaped green space in a city of about 14 km²Source (opens in a new tab)
Black-and-white photo from 1932: Kfar Saba residents standing on wooden crates to pick citrus fruit from the trees of a moshava orchard
Photo: Daniel Kaplan, Government Press Office (National Photo Collection D574-097), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab) · resized and converted to WebP
New in town
Your first weeks in Kfar Saba, 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 Kfar Saba: what to do, in what orderThe first-week list for olim in Kfar Saba: the 106 hotline, arnona and the 90% olim discount, the absorption department and its French-speaking coordinator, ulpan, Bituach Leumi and free advice.
- 02Kfar Saba neighbourhoods compared: green west, old centre, renewing eastHow Kfar Saba's neighbourhoods differ, with the official municipal names, Realta's asking rents for each area, and why there is no single Anglo or French neighbourhood.
- 03Schools and gans in Kfar Saba: registration, after-school care and help for olimHow and when Kfar Saba registers children for gan, first grade, middle and high school (2027-28 dates not out yet; 2026-27 as a guide), the municipal tzaharonim and daycares, and what exists for English, French and Russian speakers.
- 04Health funds, Meir hospital and urgent care in Kfar SabaThe four kupot in Kfar Saba, Meir Medical Center's ERs, where to go in the evening and on Shabbat, the shared duty-pharmacy rota, and doctors who list English or French.
- 05Getting around Kfar Saba: trains, buses, Shabbat and parkingKfar Saba's two railway stations, the main bus lines to Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa and the airport with real trip counts, the busiest city lines, Rav-Kav and journey planners, Shabbat, e-bike rules and resident parking.
- 06Shabbat and shuls in Kfar Saba: candle lighting, about 100 synagogues, mikvaotCandle-lighting times for Kfar Saba, the religious council, how to find a shul among about 100, the honest picture on English- and French-speaking minyanim, mikvaot and what is open on Shabbat.
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 Kfar Saba.
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