MODEL TOUR #4 – Spring/Summer, 9 nights
"We Were As Dreamers " (Teh. 126:1)
A Solidarity Mission
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| Monday – USA Departure |
| Tuesday – Arrival in the Land
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Late afternoon arrival at Ben Gurion Airport to meet your ITC
guide
Opening ceremony and walking tour in Old Jaffa, with dinner at Shirat
Hayam Restaurant.
Travel north.
Overnight: Kibbutz Lavi |
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| Wednesday – Layers of Galilee History
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Morning tour of the kibbutz. Visit the impressive excavations of the ancient city of Tzippori,
home to Rabbi Judah the Prince
Enjoy donkey rides and a mishnaic period lunch in a tent at Kfar Kedem
Walk through the courtyards, synagogues, and art galleries of the mystical
city of Tzefat. Enjoy klezmer music over dinner in Tzefat
Overnight: Kibbutz Lavi |
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| Thursday – Modern Israel Issues
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Enjoy a nature walk through Tel Dan/Banias. Look down over the Galilee from the Golan's Tel Fahar, as the Syrians
once did.
Free time for lunch in Katzrin. Meet with Rabbi Haber to hear about life on the Golan.
Visit an Israel army base. Splash your way down Jordan tributaries on a kayak. Dinner at the hotel
Overnight: Kibbutz Lavi |
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| Friday – Echoes from the Past
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In Beit Shearim, experience a candlelight study session in ancient
burial caves.
Take a jeep ride through the Carmel Mountains, where Eliyahu
the Prophet slew the false prophets of Baal.
Stop for lunch and a memorial service in Netanya. Ascent to Jerusalem:
At the Tayelet gaze over Mount Moriah (the Old City) as Avraham Avinu
once did – study the biblical text.
Prepare for Shabbat:
Kabbalat Shabbat at the Kotel followed by Shabbat dinner overlooking
the Temple Mount
Overnight: Sheraton Plaza Hotel, Jerualem |
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| Shabbat – Shabbat in the Holy City
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Shabbat services at the Great Synagogue:
Shabbat lunch at the hotel
Rest time. Walking tour of Ketef Hinom, Yemin Moshe, and Mishkenot Shenanim.
Seudah Shlishit picnic. Havdalah under the stars
Overnight: Sheraton Plaza Hotel, Jerualem |
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| Sunday – Jerusalem Old and New
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Visit Lifeline for the Old, a crafts workshop for Jerusalem's
Elderly
Tour David's City – meet with families there and slosh through Hezekiah's
water tunnel.
Free time for lunch and shopping in the Jewish Quarter. Daven mincha at the Tzemach Tzedek Synagogue
Learn the actual shape and size of Temple ritual objects at the Temple
Institute. Dinner at Norman's Steak House
Overnight: Sheraton Plaza Hotel, Jerualem |
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| Monday – The Struggle for our Homeland
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Daven shaharit at the home of President Katzav
Visit Hebron to tour the city and the Ma'arat Hamachpela
Meet with Boruch and Sarah Nachshon in Kiryat Arba to hear about
the challenges of their daily lives.
Free time for lunch in Kiryat Arba
Meet with a Gush Etzion psychologist who works with terror victims
and their families at the Judaica Center.
Daven minha at Kever Rachel
Dinner at the Apropos dairy restaurant.
Overnight: Sheraton Plaza Hotel, Jerusalem |
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| Tuesday – Roots in the Land
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Experience a workshop in biblical agriculture at Neot Kedumim
Meet the Children of Chernobyl and tour an etrog farm at Kfar Chabad
Actively participate in a real archeological dig at Dig for a Day
Travel south for hotel check-in.
Dinner at the hotel
Evening: Optional night hike in the Flour Cave
Overnight: Dead Sea |
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| Wednesday – Freedom Fighters or Fanatics?
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Tour Masada and hear about the Zealots last stand against the
Romans
Dead Sea swim and spa:
Enjoy a camel rides and lunch (kosher, of course) in a Bedouin
tent. Travel north to crawl through the Bar Kochva caves at Amatzia. Free for dinner in Jerusalem
Overnight: Sheraton Plaza Hotel, Jerusalem |
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| Thursday – B'chol Dor Vador
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Visit the Memorial Museum, Children's Memorial, and outdoor sculptures
at Yad Vashem: Plant a tree in Jerusalem soil in honor or memory of a loved one.
Stop for lunch at the Malha Mall
In Tel Aviv, hear the moving story of the declaration of the State at
Independence Hall. Take a walking tour in Tel Aviv
Memorial service to the young victims of the Dolphinarium bombing
Closing dinner at Mul Dan Restaurant
Depart for the airport |
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