Israeli Bureaucracy Decoder
Verified91/100Decode confusing Israeli government letters, forms, and official documents into plain language. Use when you receive mail from the Tax Authority, Bituach Leumi, municipalities, Interior Ministry, Land Registry, courts, or any government body and need to understand what it says, what action is required, and by when. Covers assessment notices, benefit decisions, municipal levies, zoning notices, and court summons. Do NOT use for drafting legal appeals or providing binding legal advice.
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Every Israeli receives official letters from government bodies in bureaucratic language that is hard to understand. Letters from the Tax Authority, National Insurance, municipality, or Land Registry are written in complex legal Hebrew, with references to law sections and terms most people do not know. The result: people miss deadlines, lose rights, or simply ignore important letters.
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npx skills-il add skills-il/government-services@v1.2.2-israeli-bureaucracy-decoder --skill israeli-bureaucracy-decoder -a claude-codeWhen to Apply
- When you receive a government letter and do not understand what it says
- When you want to know if a letter requires urgent action or is just informational
- When you need to understand references to law sections or regulations in an official letter
- When you received a tax assessment, payment demand, or rights change notification
- When new immigrants receive a Hebrew letter and need to understand what to do
Try These Prompts
I received a letter from the Tax Authority titled Assessment Notice under Section 145. Explain in plain language what this means, what I need to do, and what is the deadline
National Insurance sent me a letter about a change in insurance payments. It references Section 342 of the National Insurance Law. Decode this for me
I received a notice from the municipality about a zoning plan change in my area. What does this mean? Does it affect my property?
I received an official document and do not understand the terms. Explain these terms to me: assessment, objection, appeal, order, exemption, charge, lien
Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
CY2026 fixes: corrected the Section 150 (objection) vs Form 150 (foreign-holdings declaration) conflation, the miluim minimum daily rate (328.76 NIS), the Small Claims defense deadline (30 days) and Execution opposition deadline (30 days). Resolved the Freedom-of-Information, Ombudsman, and digital-signature URLs.
Jun 16, 2026
Update: Small Claims ceiling 39,900 NIS (Jan 2026), 1301 deadlines for TY2025 (May 29 / Jun 30, 2026), added MyGov personal area + appointment booking (govisit.gov.il) + digital signature + State Comptroller / Freedom of Information escalation + decision table mapping sender + key term to urgency + window + venue.
May 12, 2026
Fixed 3 broken MCP links in Recommended MCP Servers section.
Apr 30, 2026
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