

5 Things You Didn’t Know About...Keren Hishtalmut ("Sabbatical Funds")
We recently did a series of short videos on social media about Kranot Hishtalmut, and in order to round off the topic, we are bringing it home in this month's blog. Most people reading this who live in Israel will know in general what a Keren Hishtalmut is, namely a savings fund that you can pay in to from employment income, that has income tax benefits on contributions, and whose investment gains are tax free as long as you hold the fund for a minimum of 6 years. This, howev