Monday, July 3rd , 2006
13:00 ARRIVAL
16:00 Haas Promenade (Hatayelet) - The promenade boasts a breathtaking overlook of Jerusalem from the South, supposedly the spot from which Abraham first saw Mount Moriah, the Temple Mount.
17:00 Kotel (the Western Wall) - Sometimes called the “Wailing Wall” or the “Western Wall”, the Kotel is part of the remains of the second Temple. It is the holiest place on earth to the Jews, second only to Mount Moriah - the Temple Mount. For centuries the Kotel was the only remaining part of the Temple that we could approach.
18:00 Getting Organized

20:00 orientation
Overnight: Bait Vagan , Jerusalem

Tuesday, July 4th , 2006
09:00 City of David - Many archaeological wonders can be found on the site of King David’s capital city, including houses, castles and guard posts, pieces of the old city wall, and the daring enterprise of King Hezekiah’s amazing water tunnel.
14:00 The Jewish Quarter - The past and present Jewish presence in the Old City of Jerusalem comes to life in the ancient Cardo, the unique synagogues, the narrow alleys and the modern living quarters, court yards and schools of the Old City.
15:00 Burnt House - Archaeological ruins and audiovisual presentation of life in the Upper Old City of Jerusalem at the time of the destruction of the 2nd Temple.
17:00 Southern Excavations of the Temple Mount - Learn the secret of the stairs leading up to the Hulda Gates and to the southern entrance of the Temple Mount. Explore the remains of storehouses and ritual baths in the Temple Mount environs and find out more about 2nd Temple period Jews as you visit the basement of an Ottoman Palace.
19:00 Ben Yehuda Street
Overnight: Bait Vagan , Jerusalem

Wednesday, July 5th , 2006
10:00 Beit Guvrin Caves - A cluster of caves in the area of Beit Guvrin, thought to date back to the Roman and Hellenistic eras.
14:30 Tel Azeka - An ancient Israelite city near Beit Guvrin, the tel overlooks the valley of Ella where David fought Goliath.
18:30 Mevasseret Mall

Overnight: Bait Vagan , Jerusalem

Thursday, July 6th , 2006
10:00 Ayalon Center
12:00 Palmach Museum - Exciting interactive museum, examining one of the most thrilling chapters in the Jewish Nation’s struggle for a State.
14:30 Independence Hall - The story of the house in which Israel’s independence was declared and the fantastic tale of the people who made it happen.
16:00 Nachalat Binyamin
18:00 Jaffa (Yaffo) - A city on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, south of Tel Aviv. Yaffo is an artists’ colony and entertainment center with many buildings and historical sites from the Canaanite and Medieval periods.
Overnight: Bait Vagan , Jerusalem

Friday, , July 7th , 2006
09:30 Begin Museum
11:30 Kfar Etzion - A kibbutz located in the Gush Etzion region, south of Jerusalem, at the site of the ancient “Path of the Patriarchs” midway between Hevron and Jerusalem. The kibbutz, established in 1934, was destroyed during Arab riots but later rebuilt. After heavy fighting, the Kibbutz, along with the rest of the Etzion Bloc, fell during the War of Independence and after the Six Day War in 1967, was once again rebuilt.
14:00 Me’ea Shearim
Preparation for Shabbat Candles lighting: 6:13 pm
Kabbalat Shabbat
Oneg Shabbat
Overnight:  Jerusalem Gates Hotel, Jerusalem

Shabbat, , July 8th , 2006
Group Shabbat
Havdala 8:30
Malcha Mall
22:30 Kumzitz
Overnight:  Jerusalem Gates Hotel, Jerusalem

Sunday, July 9th , 2006
10:00 Ptil Tchelet
12:30 Atlit- Located on the coast near Haifa, Atlit is the site of one of the illegal immigrant camps used by the British to imprison tens of thousands of Jewish refugees, who attempted to immigrate to the Land of Israel during and after the Holocaust.
15:00 Tree Planting
Overnight: Eden In Hotel

Monday, , July 10th , 2006
09:30 Nachal Kziv - stream in the west of the Galil, near Rosh Hanikra
14:00 Bike Ride
17:00 Rosh Hanikra - An incredibly beautiful, unique, white chalk cliff that plunges into the Mediterranean Sea. The waves, bashing against the soft chalkstone, create caves and tunnels called grottos (-in Hebrew: NIKRA). Rosh Hanikra is found on the Israel-Lebanon border.
Overnight: Eden In Hotel

Tuesday, July 11th, 2006
10:00 Tzippori - An ancient city in the Galil, best known as the place where Rabbi Yehuda Hanasi wrote and edited the Mishna during the 2nd century.
11:30 Kfar Kedem - Experience a recreation of day-to-day life of a Galilean village from two thousand years ago including a donkey ride over ancient trails!
15:00 Nachal Tzalmon
Overnight:  Eden In Hotel

Wednesday , July 12th, 2006
10:00 Mt Arbel - With a stunning view of the Kinneret and Lower Galilee, the peak of Mt. Arbel is reached via a steep cliff walk. The cliffs of Mt Arbel house the fortified caves used by the zealots as hiding places during the revolt against the Romans. The rebels eventually found their death in a grueling battle over the steep ridge.
12:00 Kivrey Tzadikim
14:00 Tiberias - Named after the Roman Emperor Tiberias, this 2000-year-old town is situated on the sea of Galilee, and is one of the four cities holy to the Jews (Tiberias, Jerusalem, Hebron and Safed). Tiberias is the ancient burial sights of many scholars, including the Rambam and Rabbi Akiva.
16:00 Kinneret cruise-Sea of Galilee-a sweet water lake in the northern Jordan valley. Its main sources are the Jordan rivers flowing from the mountains and rain water.
Overnight:  Eden In Hotel

Thursday, July 13th , 2006
11:00 Yad Layeled, Lochamei Hagetaot - Yad Layeled, an educational children’s museum, was established to enable young visitors to experience the world of children who lived during the Holocaust period. The exhibitions are based on authentic stories taken from diaries and other testimonies by children who lived at that time. The museum is located in the Western Galilee, at the Ghetto Fighter’s House, the Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Heritage Museum.

Lochamey Hagetaot
Guest Speaker
Special Program
Overnight:  Eden In Hotel

Friday, July 14th , 2006
09:30 Peki’in - A mixed rural settlement in the Upper Galilee, south-east of Ma’alot Tarshiha. A site of Jewish settlement from the days of the second temple.
12:00 Tzfat (Safed) – Tzfat is known as the city of Jewish mysticism, (Kaballah) and was home to many illustrious Jewish sages and mystics during the 16th century, including Rabbi Yosef Caro and Rabbi Yitzchak Luria. The city itself is steeped in history and contains many ancient synagogues, burial sites and other architecture. Now the home to a flourishing artists’ colony, the atmosphere in the city is incomparable.
Preparation for Shabbat Candles lighting: 7:20 pm
Kabbalat Shabbat
Oneg Shabbat
Overnight:  Rimonim Hotel, Tzfat

Shabbat, July 15th , 2006
Group Shabbat
Havdala 8:32
Ammuka
Meron - A moshav in the Upper Galilee , north of the ancient city of Meron which was an important city in the days of the Mishna and the Talmud, also the grave site of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai. To this day thousands of people come to Meron on Lag B’Omer to commemorate the passing of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai on this day.
Overnight:  Rimonim Hotel, Tzfat

Sunday, July 16th , 2006
09:30 Jilabon - A lush, forested river, the Jilabon is one of the Golan Heights’ most popular walking trails.
12:00 Gadot Observation Point - Overlooking the Upper Galilee and the Golan Heights. The site is dedicated to soldiers who fell in the fight for the defense of the Galilee and the Golan.
14:00 Mount Ben Tal Observation pt. - Site of a former Israeli bunker, Mount Ben Tal is an observation point over looking the Golan Heights and Israel’s Northern borders.
15:00 Oz77 - Movie presentation of one of the fiercest battles in the Golan Heights during the “Yom Kippur” War in 1973.
Overnight:  Hispin Hotel

Monday, July 17th , 2006
10:00 Jeep Ride
13:00 Kayaking
15:30 Ein Tina
Overnight:  Hispin Hotel

Tuesday, July 18th , 2006
10:00 Manara Cliff (Tzuk Manara) - The Manara Cliff is located at Kibbutz Manara, less than 1km west of Kiryat Shmona. It boasts the country’s longest and steepest cable car ride with a view of the Hula Valley that is unmatched.
13:00 Neot Mordechay Factory
14:00 Misgav Am
16:00 Nachal Chatzbani
Overnight: Hispin Hotel

Wednesday, July 19th , 2006
09:00 Nachal Yahudiya
15:00 Katzrin - An urban village in the Lower Golan Heights. Ruins indicate that Katzrin is the site of a Jewish settlement from the Mishna and Talmud times.
17:00 Golan Winery
Overnight: Hispin Hotel

Thursday, July 20th , 2006
09:30 Ropes Course
17:40 Kotel Tunnels - Discover buried and hidden parts of the Kotel on a fascinating tour through tunnels dug under houses in the Old City.
Overnight: Bait Vagan, Jerusalem

Friday, July 21st, 2006
Free Shabbat
Candles lighting: 7:17 pm

Shabbat, July 22nd , 2006
Free Shabbat
Havdala 8:28

Sunday, July 23rd, 2006
09:00 Ammunition Hill - The site of the fiercest and most difficult battle of the Six-Day War. The conquest of Ammunition Hill enabled Israeli forces to advance and re-conquer East Jerusalem, uniting a city that had been divided since 1948.
11:00 Yad Vashem - Located on Har Hazikaron (the Mountain of Remembrance) in Jerusalem, Yad Vashem is dedicated to documenting the history of the Jewish people during the Holocaust period, preserving the memory and story of each of the six million victims, and imparting the legacy of the Holocaust for generations to come through its archives, library, school, museums and recognition of the Righteous Among the Nations.
16:00 Herzel Center
17:00 Mt Herzl - The Mount of Herzl, overlooks the Jerusalem forests. On the hill there is a national cemetery where many dignitaries are buried as well as a military cemetery as well as a museum honoring Theodore Herzl. Yitzchak Rabin, former Prime Minister of Israel, is also buried here.
Overnight:  Bait Vagan, Jerusalem

Monday, July 24th , 2006
10:30 Air Force Museum
13:00 Sde Boker - Founded by soldiers on May 15, 1952, the fourth anniversary of Israeli independence, Sde Boker is better known as the residence and burial place of David Ben Gurion. Ben Gurion, the first prime-minister of Israel, resigned from the government in 1953 and went to live on Kibbutz Sde Boker in the Negev. His dream was to make the desert bloom, to conquer and settle it.
16:00 Mitzpe Ramon - A development town in the Negev Mountains located on the edge of the Ramon Crater, the biggest crater in the world.
16:00 Rappelling
Eilat - This wild area contains more than just breath-taking scenery. A port in the gulf of Eilat established in 1951, Eilat was an important port in the days of the kingdom of Israel and Judah, commanding strategic importance, due to its location on the main thoroughfare of pilgrimage and commerce.
Overnight:  Adi Eilat Hotel, Eilat

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006
05:30 Mt Tzfachot - One of many beautiful and unique mountains located in the Eilat region, at the southern tip of Israel.
10:00 Water Sports
Overnight: Adi Eilat Hotel, Eilat

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006
08:00 Snorkeling
08:00 Almog Beach
Timna Park - Timna Park is located north of Eilat, in the Southern Arava region of Israel. The park contains amazing natural phenomena, such as King Solomon’s Pillars, the “Mushroom”, and the “Arches”, and is also known for its ancient copper mines and beautiful coloured sand.
17:00 Mamshit- camel Ride
Overnight: Mamshit

Thursday, July 27th, 2006
05:30 Masada - Climb up the legendary cliff in the Judean desert following the trail of the last Jews who stood in the Great Revolt against the Roman Empire. Masada fell in 73 CE, 3 short years after the destruction of the Temple.
13:00 Dead Sea - See if you can float in the Sea of Salt, the lowest place on earth! The mineral-rich Dead Sea is located in the South of the Jordan Valley, the lowest spot on earth (398m below sea level!!!).
15:00 Ein Gedi - Easy walk in one of the most beautiful nature reserves along riverbeds and waterfalls
Overnight: Kings Hotel, Jerusalem

Friday, July 28th, 2006
Aish Hatora - visit the Yeshiva
Shopping
Preparation for Shabbat Candles lighting: 6:05 pm
Kabbalat Shabbat
Oneg Shabbat
Overnight:  Kings Hotel, Jerusalem

Shabbat, July 29th, 2006
Group Shabbat
Mishkenot Sha’ananim - Enjoy a relaxing, easy Shabbat walk in this picturesque neighborhood, the very first Jewish neighborhood to be built outside of the old city walls.  Tour the quaint houses and beautiful alleys and see Sir Moses Montefiore’s amazing project - the Jerusalem windmill
Havdalah: 7:19 pm
Malcha Mall
shopping
Overnight:  Kings Hotel, Jerusalem

Sunday, July 30th , 2006
12:30 Latrun - Latrun, a key road junction on the way to Jerusalem and the site of many battles in Israel wars, now hosts Israel’s tank museum.
14:30 Mini Israel - Israel’s brand-new miniature park offers you a birds-eye view of sites and cities in Israel, as you stroll through the country, North to South, in less than 2 hours.
Farwell Party
DEPARTURE