A year in Israel,
paid before the flight.
Seminary or yeshiva: tuition, dorm, flights, spending money, a phone and the trips. See what the whole year costs, what is still needed after savings and summer work, and what to put away each month until departure.
Every cost of the year · Summer earnings counted · One monthly target
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Save each month until departure
$0
The whole year
$0
Still needed
$0
The year
Save each month
$0
- Tuition
- $0
- Dorm and board
- $0
- Flights
- $0
- Spending money
- $0
- Phone
- $0
- Insurance
- $0
- Trips and extras
- $0
- The whole year
- $0
- Saved and summer earnings
- $0
- Still needed
- $0
An illustration. Everything is treated as due by departure; no interest and no change in the dollar–shekel rate. Some costs, such as spending money, are paid during the year, so this errs on the safe side.
Figures checked November 2026. There is no standard price for a year in Israel; every starting amount is an illustration to replace with your program’s own.
How the number works.
The year
- Fixed costs. Tuition, dorm if separate, insurance, and trips or Shabbatons the program charges for.
- Flights. Each round trip times its fare. A trip home for Pesach is a second round trip.
- Monthly costs. Spending money and a phone plan, times the months in the program.
The monthly target
- What is left. The year’s cost, less what is saved and what the student puts in from summer work.
- Spread evenly. Divided by the months until departure and rounded up to the dollar.
- Earlier deadlines. If a deposit or tuition is due before the flight, save toward that first.
Ways to lighten it
- Ask about aid. Many programs offer scholarships or payment plans; ask early.
- Book flights early. Fares around the start of the zman rise as it gets close.
- A share for the student. Summer earnings toward spending money teach budgeting before the year starts.