---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: francine widerker <widerker@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Makor/Mishor So tell me if I understand this correctly. I should go on sabbatical before my 54th birthday so that I can stay in the old plan. Linda wrote: > I got emails from fellow ETNIERS, telling me that they also didn't > understand this whole hishtalmut business with Makor or Mishor. I hope > this clears some things up. > I went to my bank, Bank Habenleuimi Harishon and this is what I found out: > Makor and Mishor are, in essence, the same thing; the first is > associated with Bank Mossad and the latter, with Bank B.Leumi.... > When you reach 55, you are supposed to move over to one of the above > savings plans. However, if you do NOT go out on sabbatical at 55, > for example, you can continue saving in the older plan, for up to 8 > years. From what I understand, the older plan is, indeed, the better > plan! If you take out the money, like I did to go out on a > sabbatical, you cannot continue saving in the older plan. I guess I > was lucky I got another 3 years out of the former plan! > I had also called the Irgun and was told that one may NOT go out on > sabbatical after the age of 63. I asked them if the rules were > different for those planning to work till at least 67 and they said, > "no". > Perhaps the rules will change... for the better... for us! > If anyone has anything to correct and / or to add to the above, feel free. ************************************** ** Join ETNI on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/31737970668/ ** ETNI Blog and Poll http://ask-etni.blogspot.co.il/ ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org ** post to ETNI List - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** help - ask@xxxxxxxx ***************************************