Jewish Religious Services Law [Consolidated Version], 5731-1971

חוק שירותי הדת היהודיים [נוסח משולב], תשל"א-1971

Published: 1971-07-15Consolidated Hebrew text as of 2026-07-20 · Last amended 2026-07-19✓ Amendment status checked against the Knesset legislation record on 2026-09-17

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First Schedule (sections 14a(b) to (d), 14a1(a), 14a2, 14a4, 14a6, 14a7)

First Schedule (sections 14a(b) to (d), 14a1(a), 14a2, 14a4, 14a6, 14a7) — table
The Chevra Kadisha	Rates (in New Israeli Shekels)		The Chevra Kadisha	Rates (in New Israeli Shekels)
in Jerusalem, except in the burial plots of Chevra Kadisha Gachsha"a Kehillat Yerushalayim and in the burial plots of the Unified Chevra Kadisha of the Sephardi Community and the Eastern Communities in Jerusalem	16,947.78	—	in Nahariya	4,485.20
in Ashkelon	9,138.78	—	in Nes Ziona	10,611.75
in Ashdod	6,733.76	—	in Nazareth Illit	9,064.53
in Ofakim	5,362.88	—	in Nesher	4,547.51
in Even Yehuda	4,783.50	—	in Netivot	4,365.87
in Or Akiva	4,783.50	—	in Netanya	10,899.45
in Eilat	5,362.88	—	in Savyon	4,365.87
in Ariel	5,362.88	—	in Omer	4,365.87
in Be'er Sheva	9,315.11	—	in Afula	4,965.14
in Be'er Ya'akov	4,365.87	—	in Acre	6,452.69
in Beit Dagan	4,365.87	—	in Arad	5,362.88
in Beit She'an	5,362.88	—	in Atlit	4,783.50
in Beit Shemesh	7,291.93	—	in Pardes Hanna	4,257.16
in Binyamina	4,365.87	—	in Petah Tikva	9,950.17
in Bnei Ayish	4,365.87	—	in Pardesiya	4,783.50
in Givat Ada	4,365.87	—	in Safed	9,195.79
in Gedera	5,362.88	—	in Kiryat Motzkin	5,817.63
in Gan Yavne	4,365.87	—	in Kiryat Ata	6,650.24
in Dimona	5,362.88	—	in Kadima	4,677.44
in Herzliya	16,947.78	—	in Caesarea	4,365.87
in Hod HaSharon	4,543.53	—	in Kiryat Arba	4,365.87
in Zichron Ya'akov	4,365.87	—	in Kiryat Tivon	4,327.43
in Hadera	9,799.03	—	in Kiryat Ekron	4,365.87
in Hazor HaGlilit	5,362.88	—	in Kiryat Bialik	5,891.88
in Tirat HaCarmel	5,362.88	—	in Kiryat Gat	4,285.00
in Tiberias	9,209.04	—	in Kiryat Yam	5,891.88
in Yavne'el	5,362.88	—	in Kiryat Malakhi	4,365.87
in Yokne'am	5,362.88	—	in Kiryat Shmona	5,362.88
in Yavne	10,821.23	—	in Ramla	8,688.00
in Yehud	5,659.86	—	in Rosh HaAyin	4,897.52
in Kfar Sava	14,595.80	—	in Ra'anana	15,969.33
in Kfar Hasidim	5,891.88	—	in Rehovot	12,711.82
in Kfar Yona	4,471.94	—	in Rehovot Marmorek–She'arayim	12,711.82
in Kfar Tavor	4,365.87	—	in Rosh Pinna	4,365.87
in Karmiel	5,362.88	—	in Ramat HaSharon	5,362.88
in Lod	8,686.68	—	in Ramat Yishai	4,365.87
in Migdal HaEmek	5,362.88	—	in Rishon LeZion, except in the burial plots of the Chevra Kadisha Gahash"a Rishon LeZion and the Centre	14,634.24
in Modi'in	5,362.88	—	in Sderot	5,362.88
in Mazkeret Batya	4,365.87	—	in Shlomi	5,362.88
in Metula	5,362.88	—	in Shavei Zion	4,365.87
in Menahamya	4,365.87	—	in Tel Mond	5,362.88
in Ma'alot	5,362.88	—	in Chevra Kadisha organisations in regional councils and settlements not listed above	5,854.76
in Mitzpe Ramon	5,457.01	—	burial by means of religious councils that are not a Chevra Kadisha	5,854.76
in Meitar	4,365.87	—	—	—

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Part 1

Part 1 — table
Chevra Kadisha	Rates (in New Israeli Shekels)
In Jerusalem, in the burial plots of the Chevra Kadisha Gachsha"a Kehillat Yerushalayim and in the burial plots of the Unified Chevra Kadisha for the Sephardic Community and the Oriental Jewish Communities in Jerusalem	19,029.70
In Tel Aviv	19,029.70
In Haifa	19,029.70
In Tel Regev	19,029.70
In Rishon LeZion, in the burial plots of the Chevra Kadisha Gachsha"a Rishon LeZion VeHaMerkaz	19,029.70

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Second Schedule (sections 14a(f1), 14a2, 14a4, 14a6)

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In this Law –

"field burial" – burial in an open area where the opening of the grave is from above;

"field burial in a structure" – burial in a multi-storey structure, on the ground floor or on the top floor, where the opening of the grave is from above;

"level burial" – burial in a multi-storey structure that is neither on the ground floor nor on the top floor, where the opening of the grave is from above;

"Sanhedrin burial" – burial in a built or hewn space, where the opening of the grave is from the side.

Table
	Amount in New Israeli Shekels
Type of burial	Until the 27th of Tevet 5782 (31 December 2021)	From the 28th of Tevet 5782 (1 January 2022)
Field burial	25,000	25,000
Field burial in a structure	15,200	17,480
Level burial	10,000	11,500
Sanhedrin burial	6,400	7,360

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