Olim · Benefits
Benefits for new olim: what you get besides rent help
Besides rent help, new olim get money to start with, lower taxes, free Hebrew lessons, a paid degree and more.
4 min read · Figures checked November 2026
The short version
₪21,694
Your absorption basket if you come alone, paid in your first 6 months.
90%
The most you can save on arnona, the city tax, for a year.
15
For 15 years after aliyah you can get public housing or mortgage help.
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The absorption basket (sal klita)
- 1–6
- The basket pays you in your first 6 months. Rent help starts after it.
The absorption basket is money from the state to live on while you settle in, rent included. You don't need to apply.
One person
₪21,694
in all: cash at the airport, a payment into your bank, then ₪3,150 a month for 6 months.
A couple
₪41,359
in all: cash at the airport, a payment into your bank, then ₪5,806 a month for 6 months.
A parent alone with kids
₪35,071
in all: cash at the airport, a payment into your bank, then ₪5,190 a month for 6 months.
Each child adds money too: ₪12,831 under age 4, ₪8,521 from 4 to 18, and ₪11,300 from 18 to 21.
From month 7, rent help takes over. See how much you get.
Source: Ministry of Aliyah: absorption basket table 2026 (Hebrew)
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Up to 90% off arnona
- 90%
- off your arnona, at most.
- 100 m²
- of your home get the discount.
- 12
- months of discount, within your first 2 years.
Arnona is the city tax that whoever lives in a home pays, tenants too.
Ask your city's arnona department for the discount for olim.
Bring your ID and your teudat oleh, the oleh certificate.
Moved from another city? Bring a letter saying you didn't get the discount there.
Ask as soon as you sign a lease. The 2 years start on the day of your aliyah.
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Planned for 2026
Announced, not paid yet: the government has approved these plans, but no ministry page says they are paid yet. Don't count on them until one does.
Olim from France, Britain, Canada and Australia would get a monthly grant in their first 12 months, without needing a lease.
One person or a retiree
₪2,300
a month, for 12 months.
A family with up to 2 children
₪2,900
a month, for 12 months.
A family with 3 or more children
₪3,400
a month, for 12 months.
Rent: families from those four countries who settle in the North, the South, Haifa or Judea and Samaria would get ₪3,000 a month towards rent from month 13, for 24 months.
Housing: olim would get the same priority as Israelis in discounted-housing lotteries, with no fee for the eligibility certificate.
Hebrew: more ulpan hours, 6 to 9 a week, in your first years.
Work: career advice from before your aliyah, and money for courses.
Paperwork: no apostille until the end of 2026, and an answer on your aliyah within 30 days.
Some northern towns are to add ₪500 a month to rent help for olim who came from June 2026.
Source: Ministry of Aliyah: the plan being prepared (Hebrew) · Ynet: the 2026 plan for olim from four countries
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Less income tax
- 54
- months of lower income tax after your aliyah.
- ₪726
- a month off your tax at most, from month 13 to month 30.
Give your employer your teudat oleh with form 101, so the discount is in every payslip.
Became an oleh between November 2025 and 10 February 2027? You pay no income tax on your 2026 work in Israel up to ₪600,000, less if you came during the year. You get it back after the year ends.
Source: Kol Zchut: tax credit points for olim (Hebrew) · Kol Zchut: income tax exemption for new olim (Hebrew)
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Bringing your things and a car
- 3
- shipments of household goods, free of tax.
- 3
- years after your aliyah to bring them, and to get a car with less tax.
Furniture and one of each appliance come in free, plus up to 3 computers, 3 TVs and 5 phones per family.
A new or imported car pays less tax if you had your foreign licence at least 3 months before your aliyah.
Source: Nefesh B'Nefesh: customs benefits · Nefesh B'Nefesh: a car with customs benefits
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Health insurance from day one
- 6
- months of free health insurance if you don't work yet.
- 12
- months without Bituach Leumi payments if you don't work yet.
Choose a health fund (kupat holim) at the airport or at any post office.
Once both breaks are over, someone with no income pays ₪266 a month for health and Bituach Leumi.
Source: Bituach Leumi: registering for health insurance · Kol Zchut: Bituach Leumi for people who don't work (Hebrew)
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Free Hebrew and a paid degree
- 5
- months of free Hebrew lessons in a morning ulpan.
- 36
- months after your aliyah to start a degree the state pays for.
Start ulpan within 18 months of your aliyah. A private ulpan is paid back up to ₪5,000.
The Student Authority pays a first degree if you start by age 27, or a master's degree by 30.
Source: Kol Zchut: Hebrew ulpan for olim (Hebrew) · Kol Zchut: tuition for olim students (Hebrew)
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Help with work and business
- ₪7,000
- at most towards a work course, up to 80% of its price, within 10 years of aliyah.
Employment centres for olim help with your CV, your job search and interviews.
Want to open a business? The ministry's business centre gives free advice and helps you get a loan.
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Your driving licence
- 1
- year you can drive with your foreign licence.
- 5
- years after your aliyah to swap it for an Israeli one.
Had your licence for 5 years or more? You swap it without a driving test.
Had it for less than 5 years? You need to pass a driving test first.
Source: Kol Zchut: converting a foreign driving licence (Hebrew)
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Public housing and buying a home
- 15
- years after aliyah you can still apply, if you don't own a home.
- 15
- years after aliyah you can get mortgage help from the state.
Some older olim who live on an old-age pension and income support can apply with no time limit. While you wait, you get higher rent help.
Olim also pay less purchase tax on a home bought in their first years. Our purchase tax guide shows how much.
Source: Kol Zchut: public housing for olim (Hebrew) · Kol Zchut: mortgage help for olim (Hebrew)
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Lone soldiers
If you made aliyah within 5 years before you enlisted and your parents don't live in Israel, the Ministry of Aliyah pays you a grant equal to a private's basic pay. You renew it every year.
Source: Kol Zchut: Ministry of Aliyah grant for lone soldiers (Hebrew)
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Who to call
Ministry of Aliyah
*2994
Ministry of Housing
*5442
In short
This guide sums up the official rules as they stood on the day it was checked. The ministries decide each case and change amounts from time to time; check the sources above or call the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration (*2994) before you count on a payment.
