AI-generated concept · illustrative only

A heimishe Chassidishe moshav in Eretz Yisroel for American families

In the hills of Binyamin, half an hour from Yerushalayim. Private homes, gardens, open space, and a kehilla of our own.

Families are already signing up

Families registered
83
Already in Eretz Yisroel
39
In America & abroad
31
Children
270

Updated October 22, 2026

כי רצו עבדיך את אבניה ואת עפרה יחוננו

“For Your servants cherish her stones, and love her very dust.”

Tehillim 102:15

א חסידישער יישוב פאר אמעריקאנער חסידישע משפחות — בני תורה און בעלי בתים

In every generation

Yidden have always yearned and striven to go up and live in Eretz Yisroel, our home.

  1. כ״ז

    The Ramban arrives in Yerushalayim and rebuilds its Jewish community.

  2. שפ״א

    The Shelah HaKadosh leaves Prague to settle in Eretz Yisroel.

  3. תק״ב

    The Ohr HaChaim reaches Yerushalayim with his talmidim.

  4. ~ת״ק

    The Baal Shem Tov sets out with true mesirus nefesh, but is not zoche to arrive.

  5. תקל״ז

    Talmidei HaBaal Shem Tov, some 300 Chassidim, go up together as a chaburah, led by R’ Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk.

  6. תקס״ח

    Talmidei HaGra follow, and aliyah never stops, to this very day.

  7. תשפ״ו

    A true kibbutz galuyos: over 4,300 olim from France, 3,300 from America, nearly 1,000 from England.

Every generation had its builders. Now it’s our turn.

Klal Yisroel is coming home

~46% of all Jews in the world already live in Eretz Yisroel. On track to pass 50% by about 2035.

167,500 yeshiva and kollel students in Eretz Yisroel, the center of Torah in the world, and still growing.

52% of Jewish first-graders are chareidi or dati

2000
61%20%20%
2025
48%21%31%

Secular Dati Chareidi

The future of Klal Yisroel is being built here. The question is whether our families will be part of it.

Sources: Prof. Sergio DellaPergola, “The Jewish People in 2126,” JPR, May 2026 · Israel Democracy Institute, yeshiva & kollel students, 2023 · Israel Ministry of Education first-grade enrollment, Sept 2025 (via Times of Israel).

Homes among the terraced hills of Binyamin, near Eli. Photo: עדירל, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Homes among the terraced hills of Binyamin, near Eli. Photo: עדירל, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

So many of us long to live here, and to stay.

Why staying is so hard, and how the moshav answers each challenge.

Kehilla

No established kehilla of American Chassidish families. Far from parents and family, a kehilla is everything. Without one, most who came “for a few years” go back.

A kehilla built by American Chassidish families, for American Chassidish families.

Housing

Yerushalayim rents are steep, and buying a home is nearly impossible.

Land for a symbolic sum, and a real path to owning your own home.

Space & calm

Tiny apartments and crowded, noisy streets. No room to raise children with menuchas hanefesh.

Private homes, gardens, and open space.

Chinuch

Few mosdos are both serious Chassidish and right for American children, with Yiddish, English and Hebrew all in the mix.

Mosdos for our community, with Hebrew–English integration from day one.

Parnassah

Careers don’t transfer easily, and when support from home runs out, so does the plan to stay.

Work near home: remote-work infrastructure, local businesses, and a local economy over time.

Putting down roots

Renting, moving, waiting: everything about how we live here says “for now.”

Ownership from the start: a caravilla that’s yours in 2½ years, then a permanent home.

The hills of Binyamin, near Eli. Photo: עדירל, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

More than a move

Building up Yehudah V’Shomron

Helping build a new, permanent community in the heartland of Eretz Yisroel.

Opening the way for American families

Making it easier for American families to make aliyah, and for those already here to stay for good.

Three stages, from garin to town

  1. אStage A

    Forming the garin

    First we build the group. The land comes after.

    The founders

    50+ families ready to be the founders, making the decisions together.

    Proof of demand

    Until now, new yishuvim have been built almost only by the dati-leumi community. A large, serious group shows the authorities real demand from ours.

    The land

    Open land in Binyamin, ½ hour from Yerushalayim. Or, with a serious group, one of two already-approved yishuvim off Route 443, between Givat Ze’ev and Modi’in.

    Working with the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council. Not an outpost.

  2. בStage B

    Moving in

    New yishuvim usually start with Amana’s basic rental caravans: ₪1,000–3,000 a month depending on size (about ₪1,000 per 45 m²), plus ₪1,000 for infrastructure. They’re simple budget units, not right for every family. So we’re offering two better options:

    Buy a caravilla Option 1 · Confirmed

    A high-standard caravilla, finished inside like a beautiful home. 0% financing over 30 monthly payments, roughly what you’d pay in rent in Yerushalayim. After 2½ years it’s fully paid off, and it’s yours.

    Rent a caravilla Option 2 · In discussion

    The same high-standard caravilla, rented from Amana for a much lower monthly cost. We’re working to convince Amana to offer it.

  3. גStage C

    Zoning & permanent homes

    A real town: streets, infrastructure, every communal need.

    Land through bar-reshut or a ~50-year lease for a symbolic sum. You pay mainly for infrastructure.

    ₪200,000

    Infrastructure per 500 m² plot, rough estimate (about $65,000).

The founders’ advantage

The land

Land comes through bar-reshut or a ~50-year lease for only a symbolic sum. Founders pay mainly for infrastructure.

A real say

This is not a developer. Every family who is there has an equal say in how the moshav is set up.

Cost of a 500 m² plot

Founding family mainly infrastructure

₪200,000 ≈ $65,000

Buying later rough estimate, based on the yishuv Adam

≈ ₪2,000,000

Bars drawn to scale. Rough estimates: about one-tenth the price for founders already there when zoning comes through.

~$1M

All in: A spacious ~300 m² home on its own plot.

Rough estimate: land through bar-reshut, infrastructure as above, and regular building costs for a ~300 m² house.

א ברייטע הויז פון 300 מ״ר — בערך איין מיליאן דאלער

Imagine what we can build together.

As founders, we’re not buying into someone else’s plan. Together, we decide what this community becomes.

Some of the ideas already on the table

Torah & Chinuch

  • A chinuch charter the founders write together
  • A beis medrash with daily shiurim
  • Shiurim and classes for women
  • A women’s wellness center, spa and mikvah

Family & Nature

  • Homes with gardens and room to grow
  • Big play yards and a kiddie house
  • Walking trails, courts and ponds
  • A working greenhouse and gardens

Kehilla & Parnassah

  • Neighbors who know and carry one another
  • A café and places to gather
  • Work near home: a remote-work hub and local businesses
  • A guest house for family and visitors

Every founding family has a voice.

Together we choose what to build, what comes first, and how it’s funded. These are ideas, not promises. Each one is built only if the founders choose it and it’s viable.

Become a founding family

Help build up Yehudah V’Shomron and lay the foundation of a new Chassidish moshav for American families.

שליסט זיך אן

Working and kollel families who want to stay

You came after your wedding “for a few years.” Now you want to build your life here.

Already in Yerushalayim

Families ready to trade a cramped apartment for a real home and a kehilla of their own.

Ready to make aliyah

Families in America with established careers, ready to come home.

Bnei Torah and baalei batim alike.

The founding garin: 50+ families to start

83 families already registered

Each square is one family. The brass line marks the founding goal.

  1. א

    In the garin

    As a founder, with an equal say in every decision.

  2. ב

    In Stage B

    Move in with the next families, in caravillas.

  3. ג

    Or later

    Join down the road, but reach out now.

Get in touch

Call or WhatsApp M. Lebovits · 929-474-8086

Message on WhatsApp

Tell us about your family

Your family
Where you live and how to reach you
Children
Your plans
How would you like to join?
Interested in temporary housing (a caravilla) at the start?