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Modiin shops in three kinds of places: the big Azrieli mall in the city centre, the Yishpro power centre on the western edge, and about a dozen neighbourhood commercial centres.
The main places
- Azrieli Modiin opened in 2008 at 2 Lev HaIr St, next to Modiin Center station, with two floors and hundreds of shops (Azrieli (נפתח בכרטיסייה חדשה)). Hours: Sun-Thu 09:30-22:00, Fri 09:00-15:00, and it reopens half an hour after Shabbat until 23:00 (ModiinApp (נפתח בכרטיסייה חדשה)).
- Yishpro Center opened in 2005 in the Einav light-industry area, with many shops, a cinema and the big supermarket chains (Hebrew Wikipedia (נפתח בכרטיסייה חדשה)).
- Neighbourhood centres: about 12, including Modiin Center in HaPrachim and the Country Center in Masuah, the first to open (same source).
- City Center (Ma'ar): businesses there are permitted to open 24/7 (ModiinApp (נפתח בכרטיסייה חדשה)).
- The Tel Aviv Farmers' Market comes to the Lev Re'ut centre every Friday morning (ModiinApp (נפתח בכרטיסייה חדשה)).
Reading the hechsher
The Modiin-Maccabim-Re'ut Rabbanut supervises kashrut and lists its kashrut supervisors on the city's religion page (municipality (נפתח בכרטיסייה חדשה)). Local certificates come in two levels, Regular (רגיל) and Mehadrin. You can check any business on the Ministry of Religious Services portal by choosing the authority "מחלקת דת מודיעין-מכבים-רעות" (kashrut portal (נפתח בכרטיסייה חדשה)). Some businesses use other agencies; ModiinApp notes, for example, that Super Tov in the Moriah Center has Tzohar supervision for its deli, butcher and produce departments only (ModiinApp (נפתח בכרטיסייה חדשה)).
In my restaurant and grocery listings the kosher line is copied exactly as the certificate or the business states it.
Open on Shabbat?
Modiin is a mixed city, so some places do open on Shabbat. ModiinApp lists Saturday hours of 09:00-21:00 for Tiv Taam at Mega Or, Yishpro (ModiinApp (נפתח בכרטיסייה חדשה)). If that matters to you, check the certificate on the wall rather than assuming.
For delivery and a bilingual directory of local restaurants and shops, ModiinApp is the local standard (ModiinApp (נפתח בכרטיסייה חדשה)).
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