Shababnikim

4 Yeshiva students who don't entirely fit in to their own world, although they try, find themselves at odds with their rabbi, their parents, and their matchmaker.

Genre: Drama

Director: Eliran Malka , Daniel Paran

Cast:Omer Perelman Striks , Ori Laizerouvich , Israel Atias , Daniel Gad

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Shababnikim: Season 1 (2017): Episode 1 - Room 17

December 24, 2017

Gedalia moves into Room 17 and takes a trip around Jerusalem with the others in search of an espresso capsule. After getting into trouble during a football game at Sacher Park, he decides to remain in that room. The yeshiva's board decides to appoint a new head of yeshiva.

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Shababnikim: Season 1 (2017): Episode 2 - Nylon File

December 31, 2017

Shpitzer, the new head of yeshiva, decides to block the yeshiva's cellular reception. Shira asks Avinoam to help her with her studies. Meir goes out on a date with a highly regarded girl he was set up with. He fires his matchmaker and tries to get accepted by Shlomi Zacks, an elite matchmaker.

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Shababnikim: Season 1 (2017): Episode 3 - Rashi's Daughter

January 7, 2018

Rabbi Shpitzer continues to bully the yeshiva students, but they do not give up easily. Rabbi Bloch confronts Rabbi Spitzer. Avinoam grows closer to Shira and now stands at a crossroads. Dov brings Gedalia along to a meeting with his sister, Devorah.

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Shababnikim: Season 1 (2017): Episode 4 - Summer Break

January 14, 2018

On their way on a trip up north, Gedalia reveals what happened to the article he wrote. Dov gets into trouble in a minefield and is now waiting for the help of the army, and when they arrive, an ideology begins to float. Together, the four Shababniks face an unexpected adventure.

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Shababnikim: Season 1 (2017): Episode 5 - Mr Gottlieb and His Wife

January 21, 2018

A donor couple that is important to the yeshiva's future is hosted by Rabbi Bloch. As the donor couple tours the yeshiva, the four Shababniks show them sides they weren't aware of. Rabbi Bloch gives Meir some bad news.

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Shababnikim: Season 1 (2017): Episode 6 - A Lizard Hanging in the Air

January 28, 2018

Meir is kicked out of the yeshiva and now needs to face his father. The war between the four guys and Rabbi Bloch gains momentum. Avinoam leads a general war at the yeshiva, and all the students are entering into struggle and internal politics.

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Shababnikim: Season 1 (2017): Episode 7 - After-Meal Washing

February 4, 2018

The four Shababniks host Devorah, Shira, and Ruth for Sabbath dinner. Meir is angry at Dov because Dov is interfering with his efforts to pursue Ruth. What is allowed, what is forbidden, and what goes beyond the bounds of good taste?

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Shababnikim: Season 1 (2017): Episode 8 - Feldheim

February 11, 2018

Avinoam, Dov, and Gedalia go out to Tel Aviv, where they meet actor Yehuda Levi, who wants to get to know them better. But the city is not doing any good for Gedalia and is bringing him to an edge. Meanwhile, Meir is doing everything he can to meet Ruth.

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Shababnikim: Season 1 (2017): Episode 9 - The Tale of Shimon Jerrycan

February 18, 2018

When the four Shababniks discover that the new view from their room is an immodest billboard, Gedalia and Meir ask Rabbi Hajbi for advice on what action to take. Meanwhile, Avinoam is invited by Shira to an exhibit at the Bezalel Academy of Arts in Jerusalem.

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Shababnikim: Season 1 (2017): Episode 10 - Obligation

February 25, 2018

Three detectives show up at the yeshiva to investigate the burning of the billboard. Meir, Gedalia, Avinoam, and Dov are at the center of the investigation, which destabilizes their relationship.

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Shababnikim: Season 1 (2017): Episode 11 - Where Lions are Raised

March 4, 2018

At the yeshiva, preparations are underway to watch the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball game, while Rabbi Bloch fumes about this as he wants them to attend his father's memorial service instead of the game. Gedalia makes a decision about Devorah.

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Shababnikim: Season 1 (2017): Episode 12 - Jewish Court

March 11, 2018

The yeshiva students are furious at Rabbi Shpitzer and demand that he return Rabbi Bloch to the yeshiva immediately. Rabbi Shpitzer wants to go to a Kabbalist mediator with the four Shababniks. Gedalia realizes he has significant feelings for Devorah.

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Shababnikim: Season 2 (2021): Episode 1 - The Jewish Mind

July 21, 2021

After getting kicked out of yeshiva, the three Shababniks try to make it big in the world, besides Gedalia, who moved to a far-off yeshiva in the south of Israel and is preparing for the most important test of his entire life: the rabbinate.

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Shababnikim: Season 2 (2021): Episode 2 - Tenth Man

July 28, 2021

The Shababniks decide to start a yeshiva and try to convince Gedalia to join and head it, but he refuses because of its location on the most secular street in Jerusalem. To be convinced, he gives the guys complex conditions that they have to meet for him to join in.

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Shababnikim: Season 2 (2021): Episode 3 - God's Ways are Mysterious

August 4, 2021

The guys adjust to the new yeshiva and open up to new worlds that are revealed to them from the secular yeshiva. Shlomi explains to Meir that he has no chance of marrying Ruth, while Gedalia makes a horrible mistake in his relationship with Devorah.

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Shababnikim: Season 2 (2021): Episode 4 - Visiting Parents

August 11, 2021

The new yeshiva begins to take shape. Motti, Devorah and Lazer's father, comes to Israel to meet Gedalia, his prospective son-in-law. Gedalia begins to realize the honey trap in which he's entangled. And Motti discovers that Dov is doing all sorts of things without his consent.

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Shababnikim: Season 2 (2021): Episode 5 - Two Haredis Carrying a Television

August 18, 2021

Gedalia finds a television in the yeshiva apartment and threatens: "Either it or me." The Shababniks get rid of it, sparking unexpected friction with the secular yeshiva. Devorah tells Gedalia she's decided to take the rabbinate test, and he reacts in the only way he knows.

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Shababnikim: Season 2 (2021): Episode 6 - Four Stories About the Elephant in the Room

August 25, 2021

Each in his own way, Gedalia, Avinoam, and Lazer must face the elephant in the room: sex. For the first time, Meir meets Ruth with her arm missing, and it just confuses him even more. Dov understands that he has to make money and does private lessons for a young boy, and thanks to that, he meets Avigail.

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Shababnikim: Season 2 (2021): Episode 7 - The New Maccabees

September 1, 2021

The financial state of New Hebron Yeshiva is in bad shape. But then Tapiro and Trablesi, who too were thrown out of the yeshiva where they studied, became interested in joining and paying monthly tuition. At the same time, the guys find out that the neighbors are suing them.

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Shababnikim: Season 2 (2021): Episode 8 - Yomim

September 8, 2021

To Avinoam's dismay, Tapiro and Trablesi become an integral part of the yeshiva and even manage to get everyone to take part in the "nine-minute ritual," which manages to interest the students from the secular yeshiva and at the same time annoy the four guys.

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Shababnikim: Season 2 (2021): Episode 9 - Modern Times

September 15, 2021

Avinoam goes out on a real date but keeps thinking about Eden. Lazer goes to Tel Aviv with Avigail for a crucial date. Meir confesses to his father about changing his last name, and Gedalia has been healed thanks to Nechama, who seems to like him.

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Shababnikim: Season 2 (2021): Episode 10 - A Cake That Traveled on the Sabbath

September 22, 2021

New Hebron Yeshiva gets a bad reputation on the ultra-orthodox street, so they try to save it by taking part in the Shteiglitz contest on Sabbath laws. A win or loss in the contest will decide the future of the yeshiva, and everyone is prepared.

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Shababnikim: Season 2 (2021): Episode 11 - A Man is Lost

September 29, 2021

Gedalia is "possessed" by singer Shlomo Artzi. This thing leads him on a crazy adventure, which affects, among other things, his relationship with Devorah. Dov and Avigail get closer, and Dov finds himself in an internal and forbidden conflict.

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Shababnikim: Season 2 (2021): Episode 12 - First Times

October 6, 2021

The yeshiva is growing and full of students, who discover, among other things, that next to them is a secular yeshiva with major temptations. Gedalia gives advice to a yeshiva student. Lazer decides to fulfill his fantasy and sleep with Avigail.

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Shababnikim: Season 2 (2021): Episode 13 - Jerusalem Was Destroyed Because of...

October 13, 2021

A present-day version of the Talmudic Kamzta and Bar-Kamzta tale. Tapiro and Keshet find a common language that leads to an awful mistake. Zacks tries to convince Dov of a new match while discovering that he is already in an existing relationship.

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Shababnikim: Season 2 (2021): Episode 14 - Days of Purim

October 20, 2021

Purim at the yeshiva becomes a battlefield when a chain of events pits everyone against each other. Gedaliah refuses to accept the fact that Deborah is interested in reading the Purim scroll, and Avinoam understands that there are gaps between him and Eden.

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Shababnikim: Season 2 (2021): Episode 15 - Being Itzik Sudry

October 27, 2021

Avinoam and Gedalia's video from Purim becomes a viral hit. Avinoam's father makes him a tempting offer he's been dreaming of his whole life, but accepting it means betraying his principles and friends. Meir finds out why Ruth did not respond to messages.

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Shababnikim: Season 2 (2021): Episode 16 - The Politician

November 3, 2021

The trial begins. Avinoam represents New Hebron at a municipal hearing against the residents of the street and the secular yeshiva. Now, it feels like war. But then the hearing takes an unexpected turn that affects everything and everyone.

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Shababnikim: Season 3 (2025): Episode 1 - A-list

March 17, 2025

Avinoam, Meir, and Leizer are about to travel to Rome to become community rabbis, but a surprising fax received at the yeshiva casts doubt on their plans.

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Shababnikim: Season 3 (2025): Episode 2 - What women love about us

March 18, 2025

A strict inspector from the Ministry of Religious Affairs is sent to make sure the yeshiva is functioning properly, and his identity leaves everyone stunned. Gedalia waits for a romantic opportunity with Dvora.

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Shababnikim: Season 3 (2025): Episode 3 - Hall 34

March 24, 2025