El'ad, also spelled Elad (Hebrew: אלעד), is a town in the Center District of Israel. Located about 25 km east of Tel Aviv on Route 444 between Rosh HaAyin and Shoham, it also lies just west of the Green Line. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) in 2005 the city had a total population of 22,600. The building of El'ad started in the late 90's, but due to the high demand and massive construction, it achieved (local council) status already in 1998. It is the only town in Israel officially designated a religious municipality. Hebrew redirects here. ... Israels central district highlighted. ... Tel-Aviv was founded on empty dunes north of the existing city of Jaffa. ... The following highways are numbered 444: Nevada State Route 444 New York State Route 444 This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. ... Rosh HaAyin (רֹאשׁ הָעָיִן (Originally Ancient Israelite town of Aphek) origin of the spring is a city in the Center District of Israel in Israel. ... Shoham (Hebrew: שוהם, meaning onyx) is a town (local council) in the Center District of Israel. ... The term Green Line is often used to refer to the 1949 Armistice lines established between Israel and its opponents (Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Egypt) at the end of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. ... Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (הלשכה המרכזית לסטטיסטיקה) is a state organization for the creation and maintenance of numeric data related to populations vis-à-vis the ethnic makeup of Israel and its cities. ... In Israel, a local council is a locality similar to a city in structure and way of life, that has not yet achieved a status of a city, which requires a minimum number of residents, among other things. ...

The town was built from scratch according to urban planning paradigms not unlike Modi'in and nearby Shoham. While those towns were designed to suit a mixed population of non-religious and religious, El'ad was originally planned to suit a mixed population of Modern Orthodox/Religious Zionist Jews and Haredi Jews, but the majority are now Haredi. It was built as a part of the solution to the acute shortage of alternate and affordable housing for Haredi families who, traditionally, were concentrated primarily in both Jerusalem and Bnei Brak. Accordingly, El'ad was planned in a way that would suit the religious lifestyle with a larger selection of housing options with some projects offering larger than average apartments to accommodate religious families who tend to have more children than the average national population. Another unique characteristic was easy access and short walking distances to local education institutions to avoid the need for school transportation costs. Modiin (Hebrew: מודיעין) is a city in the Center District of Israel. ... Modern Orthodox Judaism (or Modern Orthodox, also known as Modern Orthodoxy and sometimes abbreviated as MO) is a movement within Orthodox Judaism that attempts to synthesize traditional observance and values with the secular modern world. ... Kippot Sruggot: Modern Orthodox Jewish students carry the flag of Israel at a public parade in Manhattan, NY, USA Religious Zionism, or the Religious Zionist Movement, also called Mizrachi, is an ideology combining Zionism and Judaism, which offers Zionism based on the principles of Jewish religion and heritage. ... Haredi Judaism, also called ultra-Orthodox Judaism, is the most theologically conservative form of Judaism. ... Jerusalem (Hebrew:  , Yerushaláyim or Yerushalaim; Arabic:  , al-Quds (the Holy); official Arabic in Israel: أورشليم القدس, Urshalim-al-Quds (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names) is the capital and largest city[1] of the State of Israel with a population of 724,000 (as of May 24, 2006[2... Mentioned as one of the cities in the portion of the Tribe of Dan (Yehoshua 19:45), Bnei Brak is famous in the Talmud (Sanhedrin 32b) as the seat of Rabbi Akivas court, and in the Pesach Haggada as the site of the all-night Pesach Seder of Rabbi...

The Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi is Rabbi Zalman Grossman and the Chief Sefardi Rabbi is Rabbi Shlomo Mordechai Malka. There are at least 18 synagogues of different Jewish ethnic persuasions. A central charitable organization is Kupat Hatzedoko Matan Beseter[1]. Tzedakah (Hebrew: צדקה) in Judaism, is the Hebrew term most commonly translated as charity, though it is based on a root meaning justice (צדק). According to Maimonides, there are eight levels of tzedakah in Jewish tradition, ranging from publicly giving funds, so that the donor and recipient both know who each other...

External links

• Report about court ruling regarding special loans for Haredim in El'ad (by an anti-religious lobby organization)
• An article about Haredi education, mentioning El'ad (uses the spelling Elad) (Yated Neeman)
• A paper about new cities development in Israel, citing El'ad as an example
• A summary of population of Israeli cities by Israel Central Bureau of Statistics

Center District
Cities	Hod HaSharon · Kfar Saba · Lod · Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut · Ness Ziona · Netanya · Petah Tikva · Qalansawe · Ra'anana · Ramla · Rehovot · Rishon LeZion · Rosh HaAyin · Tayibe · Tira · Yavne · Yehud-Monosson
Local councils	Be'er Ya'aqov · Beit Dagan · Bnei Aish · El'ad · Elyakhin · Even Yehuda · Gan Yavne · Gedera · Giv'at Shmuel · Jaljulia · Kafr Qasim · Kfar Bara · Kfar Yona · Kokhav Yair · Mazkeret Batya · Pardesiya · Qiryat Ekron · Ramot Hashavim · Savyon · Shoham · Tel Mond · Tzoran-Kadima · Zemer
Regional councils	Brenner · Gan Rave · Gederot · Gezer · Drom Hasharon · Hefer Valley · Hevel Modi'in · Hevel Yavne · Hof HaSharon · Lev HaSharon · Lod Valley · Nachal Soreq
Local Administrations	Neve Monosson

Elad is also a Hebrew Name, common in modern day Israel as either a first or a last name Yated Neeman (Hebrew: יתד נאמן) is a Hebrew language daily newspaper published in Bnei Brak, Israel. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Israel. ... Israels central district highlighted. ... Cities in Israel, by district: // Northern District See also North District, Israel. ... Hod HaSharon (הוד השרון Splendor of the Sharon in Hebrew) is a city in the Center District of Israel. ... Kefar Sava (כפר סבא; unofficially also spelled and pronounced Kfar Saba) is a city in the Sharon area, Center District of Israel in Israel. ... Downtown area of Lod Lod (Hebrew לוֹד; Arabic اَلْلُدّْ al-Ludd, Greco-Latin Lydda, Tiberian Hebrew לֹד Lōḏ) is a city in the Center District of Israel in Israel. ... Modiin-Maccabim-Reut is a city in the Center District of Israel. ... Ness Ziona (נס ציונה ; unofficially also spelled Nes Ziona) is a city in the Center District of Israel in Israel. ... Early morning in Netanya, Israel Netanya (Hebrew: נְתַנְיָה, Standard Hebrew NÉ™tanya) is a city in the Center District of Israel and is the capital of the Sharon plain. ... The Coat of Arms of Petah-Tikva Petah-Tikva (Hebrew פֶּתַח-תִּקְוָה opening of hope, Standard Hebrew Pétaḥ-Tiqva, also transliterated as Petach Tikva, Petah Tikvah, Petach Tikvah, Petaḥ Tiqwa or Petach Tiqwa) and nicknamed as Mother of Cities, is a city in the west of the Center District of Israel... Qalansawe (קלנסווה) is a city in the Center District of Israel in Israel. ... Raanana (Hebrew רַעֲנָנָה; Standard Hebrew ) is a small city (about 80,000 citizens) in the southern Sharon in the Center District of Israel, Israel, northeast of Tel Aviv. ... Ramla (Hebrew רמלה Ramlāh; Arabic الرملة ar-Ramlah, colloquial Ramleh), is a city in the Center District of Israel in Israel. ... Rehovot (Hebrew רְחוֹבוֹת ) is a city in the Center District of Israel, about 20 km south of Tel Aviv. ... 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