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Sample
Itinerary for KOACH birthright israel
Day 1
- Arrive El Al 022, 04:10
- Go up to Jerusalem for Shehecheyanu at the Haas Promenade and breakfast
- Enter the Jewish Quarter
- 8:30 Shacharit at the Southern Wall
- 9:30 Davidson Museum
- Lunch
- Check in to hotel for rest time
- Security Orientation
- Mincha and Maariv
- 6:20 and 6:40 Tunnel Tour
- Late dinner at hotel
- Overnight Jerusalem, Dan Panorama
Day 2
- Shacharit
- 8:00-11:00 Take boxed breakfast and walk to the Conservative Yeshiva for
Shacharit and study
- 11:30-1:00 Mt. Herzl
- Lunch on your own at Harel Mall
- Travel South
- Towards evening visit the grave of David Ben Gurion
- Mincha and Maariv overlooking Nachal Zin
- 7:00 Dinner at Kibbutz Mashabei Sadeh Guesthouse
- Evening program (by Koach)
- Overnight South, Mashabei Sadeh
Day 3
- Hike at Ein Avdat
- Travel to the Dead Sea
- Dead Sea float and lunch
- Mincha and Maariv
- Masorati Garin will come up from Kibbutz Ketura for overnight (arranged by
Koach)
- Dinner at the hostel
- Overnight, Massada Youth Hostel
Day 4
- Massada sunrise—Tour and time for Shacharit and Torah service
- Ascend by the Snake Path and descend by cable car or by foot
- Visit the Synagogue at Ein Gedi
- Return to Jerusalem
- Visit Ammunition Hill
- Mincha and Ma’ariv
- Travel to Jerusalem for the Mega
- Mega Event in Jerusalem (boxed dinner)
- Overnight Jerusalem, Dan Panorama
Day 5
- Shacharit
- 10:00-12:00 - Dig for a Day
- Lunch on your own in Beit Shemesh
- Go up to Jerusalem
- Climb the Castel for a view of Jerusalem and an understanding of the seige of
the city in 1948
- Prepare for Shabbat
- 4:15 Candle Lighting in front of the dining hall
- 4:30 Kabbalat Shabbat
- 6:00 Dinner
- 8:00 Oneg Shabbat (Koach)
- Overnight Jerusalem, Dan Panorama
Day 6
- 9:00-11:00 T’fillot
- 12:30 Kiddush and lunch
- 3:30-5:00 Study session and Seudat Shlishit (organized by Koach)
- 5:30 Havdalah
- Dinner at hotel
- Evening Cultural Event, Hilulim Club
- Overnight Jerusalem, Dan Panorama
Day 7
- Shacharit
- 8:30-11:00 Yad Vashem
- Leave Jerusalem with lunch on your own enroute
- Daliyat Hacarmel –visit and shop
- 3:30 Tree-planting at Lavi
- Travel north
- Mincha and Maariv
- Dinner at hotel
- Zedek Project—Magen David Adom Blood Bank
- Overnight Kibbutz Kfar Giladi Guesthouse
Day 8
- Shacharit in Conservative synagogue in Tsfat
- 9:00 Tsfat—the city of Jewish Mysticism
- Jeep ride up to the Golan Heights
- Lunch on your own
- 3:00 Hammat Gader—swimming in the hot pools in the Golan Heights and BarBQ
dinner
- Mincha and Maariv
- Overnight Kibbutz Kfar Giladi Guesthouse
Day 9
- Shacharit
- 10:00-1:00 Zippori National Park for a tour and study session with Rabbi
Elisha Wolfin
- Zichron Yaakov—tour of this First Aliyah city
- Mincha and Maariv (possibly in the Ohel Yaakov synagogue)
- Dinner in Zichron
- Travel to Tel Aviv and check into hotel
- Overnight Tel Aviv, Dan Panorama
Day 10
- Shacharit
- 9:00 Diaspora Museum
- 1:00-4:30 Lunch, walking tour and study at Neot Kedumim
- 5:30 Written evaluation session and summary
- Final dinner at the hotel
- Overnight Tel Aviv, Dan Panorama
Day 11
- 7:30 Depart for airport
- El Al flight 007, 10:40
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