The National Insurance Institute pays burial expenses and for related services for every person who dies in Israel and is buried in Israel, and for every Israeli residentA person whose life is centered in Israel. Criteria for determining this include: Israel is your permanent place of residence, where your family resides, where your children go to school, your primary place of work, or where you are studying. who dies outside of Israel.
The payments are transferred directly from the NII to the Hevra Kadisha and to any other entity that is duly authorized to conduct burials, which has signed an agreement with the National Insurance Institute in this matter.
The National Insurance Institute covers the burial expenses and costs of related services on the day of the burial only.
A simulator (in Hebrew) is at your disposition to help you locate a burial society and cemeteries, authorized to handle burials.