About
About Givat Shmuel Local
An independent, free guide to Givat Shmuel for people who are new here, and for everyone who helps them settle in.

Why I built it
I'm Ari, of Consult With Ari. Moving to a new city means a hundred small questions: which doctor speaks your language, where the nearest kosher bakery is, when Shabbat comes in, which office handles arnona. The answers are usually scattered across WhatsApp groups and old Facebook posts. I wanted one calm place where every answer shows where it came from.
How I check listings
How I check listings
- Every listing comes from the place's own website, an official register or another public page, and links to it.
- Each one shows the date it was last checked. Listings are re-checked in rotation, and the date changes when they are.
- Listings are free. Nobody pays to be here, and nobody pays to be higher up.
- Kashrut is shown exactly as the business states it. It isn't a ruling; ask your rav.
- Translations are marked "translated, not yet reviewed" until a native speaker has checked them.
Who runs this site
Givat Shmuel Local is published by Anywhere Reality Industries LLC (Consult With Ari), which is responsible for its content and for the personal information described in the privacy policy.
Anywhere Reality Industries LLC (Consult With Ari) · consultwithari.com (opens in a new tab)
Source
- Hebcal (opens in a new tab)Shabbat times, zmanim, the Jewish calendar, parsha and daf yomi (CC BY 4.0)
- Sefaria (opens in a new tab)Links to the texts of the parsha, haftarah and daf yomi (opened only when you click)
- Open Bus (Hasadna) / Ministry of Transport GTFS (opens in a new tab)Bus lines, stops and trains on the getting-around page (a static copy shipped with the site)
- MET Norway (opens in a new tab)Weather forecast (CC BY 4.0)
- OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)Map data and tiles, shown only if you allow maps
Photos
- Photo: Bar-Ilan University, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab) · Licence (opens in a new tab). Resized and converted to WebP; shared under the same licence.
- Photo: Davidi Vardi (דוידי ורדי), CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped) (opens in a new tab) · Licence (opens in a new tab). Resized and converted to WebP; shared under the same licence.
- Photo: מיכאלי (Hebrew Wikipedia), via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab). Resized and converted to WebP; shared under the same licence.
- Photo: דוידי ורדי, via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab) · CC BY 2.5 (opens in a new tab). Resized and converted to WebP; shared under the same licence.
- Photo: דוידי ורדי, via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab) · CC BY 2.5 (opens in a new tab). Resized and converted to WebP; shared under the same licence.
- Photo: Dr. Avishai Teicher, via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab) · CC BY 2.5 (opens in a new tab). Resized and converted to WebP; shared under the same licence.
- Photo: Bar-Ilan University, via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 2.0 (opens in a new tab). Resized and converted to WebP; shared under the same licence.
- Photo: זאב שטיין, via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab) · CC BY 2.5 (opens in a new tab). Resized and converted to WebP; shared under the same licence.
- Photo: Michael Jacobson, via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab). Resized and converted to WebP; shared under the same licence.
- Photo: Danny Gershoni, via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab). Resized and converted to WebP; shared under the same licence.
- Photo: David Shay, via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab). Resized and converted to WebP; shared under the same licence.
- Photo: Beko, via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab). Resized and converted to WebP; shared under the same licence.
- Photo: בתיה בן צבי, via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab) · Public domain (opens in a new tab). Resized and converted to WebP; shared under the same licence.
- Photo: Avi1111 dr. avishai teicher, via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab). Resized and converted to WebP; shared under the same licence.
- Photo: Юкатан, via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab). Resized and converted to WebP; shared under the same licence.
Directory listings, events and groups link to the public page each was checked against. Names and trademarks belong to their owners.
Get in touch
There are no forms on this site. Use WhatsApp or email for corrections, new listings, events and questions, or book a call if you'd like a website of your own.