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May 9, 2017 Draft 1 (October 6, 2016) SUBJECT to CHANGE GROSS SCHECHTER – 8TH GRADE ISRAEL TRIP April 20 – May 9, 2017 Draft 1 (October 6, 2016) SUBJECT TO CHANGE Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Shabbat April 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Bruchim Haba’im Shabbat in Tzfat ברוכים הבאים Participants: 9:30 Tefillah on Mt. Arbel פרשת שמיני (Students (?b + ?g 16 Arrive in Israel (Mifgash and Hike Down with 3 Chaperones Mandel School?) 1 Tour Guide (?) Tefillah at Local Synagogues 1 Madricha (?) Reflection Session 12:30 Visit Kfar Kedem – 1 Armed Guard (?) Shabbat Lunch Donkey Ride and Lunch 1 Bus Driver (?) Afternoon Rest and Walking Depart the US Total: Tour Prepare for Shabbat 19:52 Havdalah 18:43 Candle Lighting Kabalat Shabbat Shabbat Dinner & Oneg O/N: On Flight O/N: ANA Haifa O/N: Ascent, Tzfat O/N: Ascent, Tzfat 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 קום והתהלך בארץ Exploring the Arava Ben Gurion's Vision Dead Sea: A Natural Wonder ב' ר"ח אייר א' ר"ח אייר יום השואה פרשת תזריע מצורע - 9:00 Shopping Time 8:15 Drive to Beit She'an 5:30 Early Departure 6:30 Early Morning Bike Ride 7:30 Ascend Masada via 10:30 Meet Beit She'an 8:45 Continue Mifgash - Joint 6:30 Hike Mt. Tzfachot, around Ketura Ramp, Tefillah and Tour, Host Shabbat 11:00 Tour Otzar Hastam Activities and Lunch Tefillah on Top with View 8:00 Breakfast, Check Out Descend Path 13:00 Mifgash Summary Drive to Ketura 9:00 Enjoy Snorkeling at Coral 11:30 Ben Gurion's Grave 11:00 Dead Sea Swim & Enjoy Shabbat with Friends 14:00 Mifgash Activity (at the Beach 12:30 Supermarket Sweep Lunch at Chamei Ein Gedi & Family Asi?) 15:30 Rafting on the Jordan BBQ Dinner and Swim 11:00 Banana Boats Lunch in Sde Boker 13:00 Drive to Jerusalem River at Kfar Blum 12:00 Pizur Lunch in Eilat 13:30 Hike Ein Avdat Erev Yom HaShoah Ceremony 13:30 Return to Ketura Drive to Kfar Hanokdim Depart for Host Shabbat 19:56 Havdalah and Dinner with Host Families Rest and Swim on kibbutz 14:30 Jerusalem drop-off Bedouin Experience, including 16:00 Tel Aviv drop-off 18:30 Evening Kasui Sand Camel Ride, Hafla Dinner and Dunes and Dinner Kumzitz 18:37 Candle Lighting O/N: Ma'agan O/N: Ma'agan O/N: Ketura O/N: Ketura O/N: Kfar Nokdim O/N: Host Shabbat O/N: Host Shabbat 30 May 1 2 3 4 5 6 Remembering Celebrating Israel Jerusalem: The Center Jerusalem in Her Glory Yizkor and Heroism Shabbat in Jerusalem of the World יום העצמאות יום הזיכרון פרשת אחרי מות קדושים Return from Host Shabbat 9:00 Yad Vashem - 7:30 Pick-up in Jerusalem 10:00 Independence Hall 9:00 Mount Herzl, including 8:00 Tefillah at Robinson’s Reflection Session 9:00 Pick-up in Tel Aviv Herzl Museum Arch with Sefer Torah 13:00 Tefillah at Local Synagogues 13:30 Dialogue in the Dark + 12:00 Pizur Lunch at Ramat 9:00 Tour Davidson Center, Shabbat Lunch 10:00 Leket Invitation to Silence in Holon Beit Hakerem including Virtual Model (@ Prepare for Shabbat Afternoon Rest 13:00 Machon Ayalon Drive to Jerusalem 15:00 Kotel Tunnels Tour 10:00) 18:42 Candle Lighting 20:02 Havdalah Lookout Over the City Walk back via Teddy Park 12:30 Pizur Lunch in the Kabalat Shabbat Jewish Quarter Shabbat Dinner & Oneg Erev Yom Hazikaron Ceremony Erev Yom Ha'atzma’ut Evening Out on Ben Yehuda 14:00 City of David Celebrations O/N:Shefayim O/N: Shefayim O/N: Jerusalem Tower / O/N: Jerusalem Tower / O/N: Jerusalem Tower / O/N: Jerusalem Tower / O/N: Jerusalem Tower / Ramat Rachel Ramat Rachel Ramat Rachel / Beit Shmuel Ramat Rachel / Beit Shmuel Ramat Rachel / Beit Shmuel 7 8 9 10 להתראות Depart Israel לשנה הבאה בירושלים Arrive in the US O/N: Jerusalem Tower / O/N: On Flight Ramat Rachel / Beit Shmuel .
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