JOURNEY TO ISRAEL
WITH L'CHAIM CENTER

Join us for an 11-day journey of the soul!

May 8 – 19, 2022

TRIP HIGHLIGHTS

  • Learn from the great master teachers in Jerusalem

  • Tour and dinner at world class wineries

  • Tour Tel Aviv – learn about the history, culture, and startup capital

  • Tour the Old City of Acco with its only Jewish Resident

  • See Israel as you have never seen it before – from the inside!

  • Visit the Home of the Begouns (L’Chaim Center in Israel)

  • Welcome Shabbat at the awe-inspiring Western Wall

ITINERARY: Journey to Israel with L'Chaim Center

May 8 – 19, 2022

WEEK 1

Ben Gurion Airport
Winery
Zichron Yaakov Wineries

  • Testing with Smile Representative
  • Tour Guide
  • Depart for the North
  • Packed Lunch
  • Check into Elma Arts Hotel and Center
  • Freshen Up
  • Tour of the Bat Shlomo Vineyards
  • Dinner at the Winery
  • Free Time in the City
  • Overnight: Elma Hotel, Zichron Yaakov

Acco

  • Breakfast
  • Tour Guide
  • Class
  • Tour of the First Aliya Museum
  • Depart for Tzipori
  • Following the Steps of the Sanhedrin – Tzipori, Beit Shearim & Usha
  • Lunch
  • Visit the Acco Prison
  • Walking Tour in Acco
  • Ramchal – Mesillat Yesharim
  • Wine and Cheese with Meir at Akotika
  • Return to Accommodations

Galil Winery
Galil Winery

  • Breakfast
  • Tour Guide
  • Intracacies of the border and culture
  • Depart for the Galil
  • Strategical Lookout into Lebanon
  • Experience the Alma Center and Situation Room
  • Free Time for Lunch
  • TBD – Pkiin
  • Tour of Village
  • Druze Dinner
  • Return to Accommodations
  • Overnight, Elma Hotel

Tel Aviv
Herbert Samuel Hotel

  • Breakfast
  • Depart for Tel Aviv
  • Tour Guide
  • Tour of the Palmach Museum
  • Neve Tzedek Walking Tour – Stories of People in Tel Aviv
  • Program and Lunch at Ethiopian Heritage Museum
  • Peres Center of Innovation
  • Bus to Kfar Truman
  • Program and Dinner with Achim L’Chaim
  • Depart for Jerusalem
  • Check into Herbert Samuel Hotel
  • Free Time for Dinner in Jerusalem
  • Overnight: Herbert Samuel Hotel, Jerusalem

Machane Yehuda Shuk
Aish HaTorah

  • Breakfast
  • Class
  • Tour of a Yeminite Village in Kfar Shiloach
  • Lunch on Own
  • Shop for Shabbat in the Shuk
  • Prepare for Shabbat
  • Depart for the Old City
  • Kabbalat Shabbat
  • Shabbat Dinner at Aish Hatorah
  • Walk back to the hotel
  • Overnight: Herbert Samuel Hotel, Jerusalem

Shabbat Meal
Havdalah

  • Breakfast
  • Davening
  • Kiddush
  • Class with TBA
  • Shabbat Lunch at Host Families
  • Return to the Hotel
  • Relax
  • Coffee and Cake at the Hotel
  • Havdalla
  • Free Evening
  • Overnight: Herbert Samuel Hotel, Jerusalem

MONDAY, 5/9
Ben Gurion Airport
Winery
Zichron Yaakov Wineries

  • Testing with Smile Representative
  • Tour Guide
  • Depart for the North
  • Packed Lunch
  • Check into Elma Arts Hotel and Center
  • Freshen Up
  • Tour of the Bat Shlomo Vineyards
  • Dinner at the Winery
  • Free Time in the City
  • Overnight: Elma Hotel, Zichron Yaakov

TUESDAY, 5/10
Acco

  • Breakfast
  • Tour Guide
  • Class
  • Tour of the First Aliya Museum
  • Depart for Tzipori
  • Following the Steps of the Sanhedrin – Tzipori, Beit Shearim & Usha
  • Lunch
  • Visit the Acco Prison
  • Walking Tour in Acco
  • Ramchal – Mesillat Yesharim
  • Wine and Cheese with Meir at Akotika
  • Return to Accommodations

WEDNESDAY, 5/11
Galil Winery
Galil Winery

  • Breakfast
  • Tour Guide
  • Intracacies of the border and culture
  • Depart for the Galil
  • Strategical Lookout into Lebanon
  • Experience the Alma Center and Situation Room
  • Free Time for Lunch
  • TBD – Pkiin
  • Tour of Village
  • Druze Dinner
  • Return to Accommodations
  • Overnight, Elma Hotel

THURSDAY, 5/12
Tel Aviv
Herbert Samuel Hotel

  • Breakfast
  • Depart for Tel Aviv
  • Tour Guide
  • Tour of the Palmach Museum
  • Neve Tzedek Walking Tour – Stories of People in Tel Aviv
  • Program and Lunch at Ethiopian Heritage Museum
  • Peres Center of Innovation
  • Bus to Kfar Truman
  • Program and Dinner with Achim L’Chaim
  • Depart for Jerusalem
  • Check into Herbert Samuel Hotel
  • Free Time for Dinner in Jerusalem
  • Overnight: Herbert Samuel Hotel, Jerusalem

FRIDAY, 5/13
Machane Yehuda Shuk
Aish HaTorah

  • Breakfast
  • Class
  • Tour of a Yeminite Village in Kfar Shiloach
  • Lunch on Own
  • Shop for Shabbat in the Shuk
  • Prepare for Shabbat
  • Depart for the Old City
  • Kabbalat Shabbat
  • Shabbat Dinner at Aish Hatorah
  • Walk back to the hotel
  • Overnight: Herbert Samuel Hotel, Jerusalem

SHABBOS, 5/14
Shabbat Meal
Havdalah

  • Breakfast
  • Davening
  • Kiddush
  • Class with TBA
  • Shabbat Lunch at Host Families
  • Return to the Hotel
  • Relax
  • Coffee and Cake at the Hotel
  • Havdalla
  • Free Evening
  • Overnight: Herbert Samuel Hotel, Jerusalem

WEEK 2

Machane Yehuda Shuk

  • Breakfast
  • Rabbi Aryeh Levin Tour – A Tzaddik in Our Times
  • Tasting Tour in the Shuk
  • Free Time for Lunch and Shopping
  • Tour of Ammunition Hill with Alon Wold
  • Bus to Ramot
  • Class
  • Dinner at the Begouns’ Home
  • Return to Accommodations
  • Overnight: Herbert Samuel Hotel, Jerusalem

Gush Etzion
Susya
Chevron

  • Breakfast
  • Ad Kan – Truth of the PA Taking Over Judea, Samaria, Negev and Galil
  • Depart for Gush Etzion & Chevron
  • Susya – The Hidden City
  • Beit Hallel – Ariel Winery
  • Packed Lunch
  • Depart for Pnei Kedem
  • Tour the Farm – Retaking Our Land, A Hero in Our Times
  • Dinner Under the Open Sky
  • Return to Jerusalem
  • Overnight: Herbert Samuel Hotel, Jerusalem

Knesset

  • Breakfast
  • Class
  • Depart for the Knesset
  • Meet with Knesset Member Amichai Shikley
  • Lunch
  • Tour of Nefesh BNefesh/Hatzala/Yad Sara
  • Free Time for Dinner
  • Overnight: Herbert Samuel Hotel, Jerusalem

Old City of Jerusalem
Old Jerusalem Jewish Quarter
Beit Hamikdash Model
Kotel
L'Hitraot!

  • Breakfast
  • Class
  • Depart for the Old City
  • Virtual Reality – Beit Hamikdash
  • Farewell to the Kotel
  • Free Time
  • Final Banquet – Derech Hageffen
  • Depart for the Airport

SUNDAY, 5/15
Machane Yehuda Shuk

  • Breakfast
  • Rabbi Aryeh Levin Tour – A Tzaddik in Our Times
  • Tasting Tour in the Shuk
  • Free Time for Lunch and Shopping
  • Tour of Ammunition Hill with Alon Wold
  • Bus to Ramot
  • Class
  • Dinner at the Begouns’ Home
  • Return to Accommodations
  • Overnight: Herbert Samuel Hotel, Jerusalem

MONDAY, 5/16
Gush Etzion
Susya
Chevron

  • Breakfast
  • Ad Kan – Truth of the PA Taking Over Judea, Samaria, Negev and Galil
  • Depart for Gush Etzion & Chevron
  • Susya – The Hidden City
  • Beit Hallel – Ariel Winery
  • Packed Lunch
  • Depart for Pnei Kedem
  • Tour the Farm – Retaking Our Land, A Hero in Our Times
  • Dinner Under the Open Sky
  • Return to Jerusalem
  • Overnight: Herbert Samuel Hotel, Jerusalem

TUESDAY, 5/17
Knesset

  • Breakfast
  • Class
  • Depart for the Knesset
  • Meet with Knesset Member Amichai Shikley
  • Lunch
  • Tour of Nefesh BNefesh/Hatzala/Yad Sara
  • Free Time for Dinner
  • Overnight: Herbert Samuel Hotel, Jerusalem

WEDNESDAY, 5/18
Old City of Jerusalem
Old Jerusalem Jewish Quarter
Beit Hamikdash Model
Kotel
L'Hitraot!

  • Breakfast
  • Class
  • Depart for the Old City
  • Virtual Reality – Beit Hamikdash
  • Farewell to the Kotel
  • Free Time
  • Final Banquet – Derech Hageffen
  • Depart for the Airport

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    Payment Terms

    • $500 deposit due with application. Upon acceptance, this deposit becomes non-refundable.
    • $2,000 due January 15th. $500 of this is non-refundable
    • $1,999 remaining balance due March 15th. This payment is non-refundable
    • All costs are non-refundable as of March 15th.
    • Program payment does not include gratuities. Please bring $75 USD to Israel for tips.
    • All cancellations must be made in writing.
    • Prices listed are per person.

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