General business hours extend from 8 or 9am to 5 or 7pm, Sunday through Thursday. Malls are usually open until 10 or 11pm. For security reasons we highly recommend people bring traveler's checks. Many stores will gladly accept your dollars and may even give you a discount when you pay in dollars. You do not need to change a lot of money into shekels.
American money is accepted almost everywhere.
Please do not plan to redeem Israel Bonds - unfortunately, this will not be possible during our trip. However if you forget something, don't worry, you can find just about everything you need in most major cities in Israel. Israel uses the metric system. Clothing and shoe sizes are also different. Here are some tables to help you make conversions.