Families
Ramat Beit Shemesh with kids
Most of the city is families with children, and the municipality, the community-centre network (Matnas) and the parks reflect that: neighbourhood parks with big play structures, weekly gymboree afternoons and supervised daycare run by WIZO, Emunah, Na'amat and the Matnas.
Families
Start here
7 steps, in the order most people take them.
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Daycare (ages 0-3)
Subsidised maonot register through the Ministry of Labour, usually for three weeks in February; mid-year, ask a maon with vacancies.
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After-gan and after-school
Tzaharonim and holiday camps are run by the Matnas Maagalim office after placement.
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Weekly toddler afternoons
Family Monday at Meirhoff (16:00-18:30), Small Wednesday at Lev HaIr (16:00-18:00) and the Gvanim playroom on Wednesdays.
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Parks to try
Park HaShdera (RBS A), Neve Shamir Park, the Ship Park in RBS Gimmel and Apple Park in old Beit Shemesh.
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Parents' WhatsApp groups
The municipality runs update groups for parents of 0-6s and of school children.
Go
Guides
Read next
- Schools and gans in Beit Shemesh: registration, zones and what olim needHow municipal gan and school registration works in Beit Shemesh (5787 dates, age bands, mamad zones, appeals), what new residents and olim must bring, costs, tzaharon and daycare.
- Health funds, doctors and urgent care in RBSKupat cholim in Beit Shemesh, switching funds as a new oleh, where the nearest hospitals are, and urgent care on weekdays and Shabbat.
- Shabbat in RBS: candle lighting, the eruv, minyanim and Shabbat clinicsThe two candle-lighting customs in Beit Shemesh, where to check the eruv, finding a minyan, and what is open on Friday night and Shabbat.
Good to know
- Gan parent payments for 2026-27 are NIS 362 a year, paid by credit card at registration.
- Gan placement results appear on the city website in early June; appeals are open for two weeks.
- Kiftzuba at Kibbutz Tzuba is for ages 1-14.
Community groups
Where people talk
- Beit Shemesh Municipality: emergency and routine updatesWhatsApp · Beit Shemesh Municipality
- Beit Shemesh Municipality: events and cultureWhatsApp · Beit Shemesh Municipality
- Beit Shemesh Municipality: events and information for the Haredi publicWhatsApp · Beit Shemesh Municipality
- Beit Shemesh Municipality: parents of school childrenWhatsApp · Beit Shemesh Municipality
- Beit Shemesh Municipality: parents of young children (0-6)WhatsApp · Beit Shemesh Municipality
- Beit Shemesh Municipality: updates for reservists' familiesWhatsApp · Beit Shemesh Municipality
Day plans
Ready-made days
Source
- Beit Shemesh Municipality: student registration 5787 (opens in a new tab)
- Beit Shemesh Municipality: daycare registration (opens in a new tab)
- Beit Shemesh Municipality: subsidised maonot list (opens in a new tab)
- Matnas Beit Shemesh: Maagalim (opens in a new tab)
- Matnas Beit Shemesh: early childhood (opens in a new tab)
- WeShemesh: parks (opens in a new tab)
- Beit Shemesh Municipality: WhatsApp groups (opens in a new tab)
- Mateh Yehuda tourism: Kiftzuba (opens in a new tab)
This page was written for Ramat Beit Shemesh from the sources above.