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The Trip of a Lifetime

An adventure through the holyland of Israel
led by Rabbi Mordechai Weiss

Experience Israel as you never have before !!!

• DAY 1

  Rosh Hanikra - An incredibly beautiful, unique, white chack cliff that plundges 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: Hotel Lower Galilee

• DAY 2

  Manara Cliff (Tzuk Manara)
  The Manara Cliff is located at Kibbutz Manara, less than 1 km west of Kiryat Shmona. It boasts the country's longest and steepest cable car ride in Israel. (1.9 km / 1.18 miles) The view of the Hula Valley is unmatched.
  

  Krar blum - kayaks
  Discover lush green landscape, beautiful clean waters perfect for families or the adventurous.
  

  Galil Winery ~ Israeli Wine Tasting
  Like many wineries in this ancient cradle of wine, Galil Mountain Winery is new,
  founded only in 2000 as a joint venture between Golan Heights Winery and Kibbutz Yiron.
  

  Overnight: Hotel Lower Galilee

• DAY 3

  Gadot Observation Point - Overlooking the Galil and the Golan Heights, this observation point is named for Kibbutz Gadot - a kibbutz whose civilian members put themselves in the line of fire to defend the Galil up until 1967. The site is dedicated to soldiers who fell in the fight for the defense of the Galil and the Golan.
  

  Gilabun - A hiking trail with beautiful waterfalls in the southern part of the Golan Heights.
  

  Talmudic Park in Katzrin - An urban village in the lower Golan Heights. Ruins indicate that Katzrin is the site of a Jewish settlement from the Mishnaic and Talmudic times.
  

  Mount Bental Observation Point - Site of a former Israeli bunker, Mount Bental is an observation point over looking the Golan Heights and Israel's Northern Borders.
  In the Yom Kippur War of 1973, Mount Bental was the site of one of the largest tank battles in history.
  

  Overnite: Hotel Lower Galilee

• DAY 4

  Visit The De Karina Chocolate House
  Hand made mountainous chocolate, liqueur and jam is what you can find
  in this small Chocolate House in "Ein Zivan" in the Golan Heights.
  

  Mount Arbel - With a stunning view of the Kinneret and Lower Galilee, the peak of Mt. Arbel is the top of a steep cliff in whose fortified caves the Zealots, who revolted against Herod, sought refuge.
  

  Safed (Tzfat) - The city of Jewish mysticism, Kaballah, was the home to many illustrious Jewish sages and mystics during the 16th century, including Rabbi Yosef Caro and Rabbi Yitzchak Luria. Walking through the alleys of Safed, let yourself absorb it ubique atmosphere, sense the spirituality of the town, its kabbalists, its beauty, art and unique people.
  

  Haifa - Bahai Temple
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  On to Jerusalem
  

  Overnite: Hotel in Jerusalem

• DAY 5

  
  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.
  

  King Hezekiah's amazing water tunnel
  Prepare to get wet !
  

  Southern Excavations of the Temple Mount - Learn the secret of the stairs leading up to the Hulda Gates and the southern entrance of the Temple Mount. Explore the remains of the storehouses and the 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.
  

  Kotel the Western Wall
  

  Old City Walls
  

  Montefiore Windmill
  One of the first sites in Jerusalem to be built outside of the old city in new Jerusalem
  The Montefiore Windmill is a landmark windmill in Jerusalem. Built in the Mishkenot Sha'ananim neighborhood in 1857
  

  Overnite: Hotel in Jerusalem

• DAY 6

  Israeli Museum - Dead Sea Scrolls
  

  Ammunition Hill
  One of bloodiest battles of the Six-Day War was fought on Ammunition Hill (Givat Hatachmoshet).
  

  Yad Vashem
  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.
  

  Mount Herzel
  Israel's national cemetery is also Jerusalem's military cemetary where soldiers of past and present are buried. Mt. Hertzl is the burial place of many dignitaries and prominent figures of the Jewish people such as Theodore Hertzl, Yitzchak Rabin, Channa Sennesh and Yoni Netanyahu.
  

  Mahane Yehuda Market
  

  Mea Shearim - experience the life in a Haredi Neighborhood in Jerusalem
  

  Overnite: Jerusalem

• DAY 7

  Genesis Land - A Biblical Experience
  History comes to life when you have lunch with Abraham.
  

  Dead Sea - 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 !
  

  Masada - Remains of a large 2nd temple fortress situated in the Judean Desert, 17km south of Ein Gedi. Seized by the rebels during the revolt against Rome, it became the last Zealot stronghold after the fall of Jerusalem. The siege at Masada lasted three years.
  
  

  Kibbutz Ein Gedi
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  Camels at Chan hashayarot - Ride the Camels
  

  Overnite: Hotel at Dead Sea

• Day 8

  Tel Aviv
  

  Ayalon Instutute - The Ayalon Institute presents the story of a secret factory that manufactured ammunition, built underneath a limestone hill. The Ayalon Institute was the largest IMI factory to operate underground and produced over 2,500,000 9mm bullets used in the War of Independance.
  

  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.
  

  Independence Hall - The story of the house in which Israel's independence was declared and the fantastic people who made it happen.
  

  Overnite: Hotel in Tel Aviv