The Jewish Journey – Educational Tourism
Beth Jacob Oakland Learns Together community trip June 2013
(Note: Itinerary subject to modification, but this is pretty close…)
Monday, June 17th 2013
Topic of the Day: Arrival
- Afternoon arrival
- Visit to Mini Israel (A bird’s-eye view of Israel; scale models of all the major sites)
- Kotel (Western Wall)
- Dinner at restaurant in Jerusalem
- Overnight – Prima Kings Hotel Jerusalem
Topic of the day: Sefer Yehoshua – Book of Joshua
- Kasser El Yahud - Where the Jewish people crossed the Jordan River and entered Israel
- ATV ride in the Judean Desert – reaching Mt. Azazel and viewing Jericho and Jordan
- Dinner at hotel
- Overnight – Prima Kings Hotel Jerusalem
Topic of the Day: Sefer Shoftim –Book of Judges. Focus on Shimshon/Samson
- Tour Tour Shilo and Tel Shilo (site of the Tabernacle for 300+ years)
- Visit and lunch at the Binyamin Winery and Visitors Center (Sha'ar Binyamin)
- Tel Beit Shemesh – ruins of an ancient Biblical Canaanite city
- Ashkelon & Ashdod – Cities of the Plishtim (including the Philistine museum in Ashdod)
- Tel Azeka – introduction to King David; An ancient Israelite city near Beit Guvrin, the
'Tel' overlooks the valley of Ella where David fought Goliath. - Dinner at hotel
- Overnight – Prima Kings Hotel Jerusalem
Topic of the Day: Shmuel
- Masada (several option for how to get to the top of this ancient fortress including walking paths and cable car)
- Ein Gedi – springs near Masada, an area where David hid from King Saul
- Dead Sea
- Dinner at restaurant
- Overnight – Prima Kings Hotel Jerusalem
Topic of the Day: Patriarchs and Matriarchs
- Visit the Cave of Machpelah – resting place of Avraham and Sarah, Yitzchak and Rivkah, and Yaakov and Leah
- Walk the “Path of the Patriarchs”
- Segway tour on the Jerusalem promenade (age 18 and up)
- Manchaneh Yehudah outdoor Market (shuk)
- Candle lighting
- Kabbalat Shabbat at the Kotel (Welcoming Shabbat at the Western Wall)
- Meal at hotel
- Oneg Shabbat (time to relax and snack and learn and share with one another)
- Overnight – Prima Kings Hotel Jerusalem
Tefilah – morning services available at many wonderful Jerusalem locations
- Kiddush
- Learning session
- Lunch
- Rest and free time
- Afternoon walking tour in Jerusalem
- Mincha (afternoon services)
- Seuda shlishit (3rd meal)
- Ma'ariv
- Havdala
- Relaxed evening
- Overnight – Prima Kings Hotel Jerusalem
Topic of the Day: Yerushalaim – (David)
- City of David
- Hezekiah’s water tunnel walk (alternatives available if you don’t like tunnels)
- Old City tour
- Kotel/Western Wall tunnels
- Dinner at hotel
- Overnight – Prima Kings Hotel Jerusalem
Topic of the Day: Melachim
- Mt. Carmel and Mukraka (site of Eliyahu/Elijah’s showdown with the prophets of Ba’al)
- Kerem Navot (Navot’s vineyard – site of a key story with King Achav and his wife
Jezebel) - Dinner at the hotel
- Overnight – Kibbutz Lavi Hotel in the Lower Galilee
Topic of the Day: Tzfat and Kabala
- Tel Dan
- Torah Scribe Center; learn how Tefillin and Torah are written and try writing
- Tour of the old city of Tzfat (Safed)
- Kabbalist synagogues
- Evening cruise on Kinneret (Sea of Galilee)
- Dinner at restaurant in Teveria
- Overnight – Kibbutz Lavi Hotel in the Lower Galilee
Topic of the Day: The Roman Era
- Tzippori
- Beit Shearim
- Caesarea (Herodian sea port from Roman times, amphitheatre, audio visual show)
- Parting Dinner at restaurant
- Transfer to airport
- Those continuing on can use the bus to return to Jerusalem, depending on times.
- Late night departure
- Bar Mitzvah morning service for Aharon Akiva Dardik at the western Wall…
Thanks,
Richard Leavitt
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