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A Very Special Tour for Kol Hamacabee

March 14 - March 24, 2005

OPTION

Spend Purim in Jerusalem - Extend Your Trip Till March 28

Led by Matthew Finberg

Guide: Era Rapaport

Featured Speakers:

• David Ha’ivri
• Lenny Goldberg
• MK Effie Eitam
• Moshe Feiglin
• Ruth Matar
• David Wilder
• Baruch Marzel
• Rabbi Grossman (nationally recognized as the Disco Rabbi for leaving the safety of his frum community to rescue at-risk secular Jews in Israel by entering their worlds in discoteques and bringing them back to Torah)
• And Young Leaders of the Emerging Political Force known as The Hilltop Youth


Monday March 14 - Depart USA

Tuesday, March 15 - Ben Gurion Airport Jerusalem
Arrive at Ben Gurion Airport where a representative of Heartland Tours and the Ministry of Tourism will meet us and assist with our arrival. We will meet our guide, Era Rappaport, board our bus and ascend to Jerusalem. Welcome drinks and light refreshments at the hotel. After check-in and rest from the trip, we proceed to the Kotel where we can daven Ma'ariv (pray evening prayers) and tour the Western Wall Tunnels . Dinner and overnight in The Olive Tree Hotel in Jerusalem

Wednesday, March 16 – Jerusalem
In the early morning we will have the honor of davening Shacharit (pray morning prayers) with the President of the State of Israel, the honorable Moshe Katzav at his residence, or a chance to sleep a little late. Lavish Israeli Breakfast in the hotel, after breakfast we will explore the site, which is the very foundation of Jerusalem, the City of David. In the City of David we will see the Gihon spring, the escape tunnel of King Hezikiah and meet with some of the residents of this important area. We will then tour and offer our support to some of the young people fighting for the reclaimed neighborhoods in and around Jerusalem, locations such as Maale Zeitim, Shimon Hatzadik and Abu Dis. Dinner and overnight in the The Olive Tree Hotel in Jerusalem

Thursday March 17 – Jerusalem
Lavish Israeli Breakfast in the hotel
After breakfast we will be able to ascend to the Temple Mount, we will meet a representative of the Jerusalem Reclamation Project who will take us to the Moslem Quarter and show us some of the homes that are being bought for Jewish families. We will also tour the new Center with its director, Israel(Winkie) Medad. We continue with a tour of Yad Vashem. We will drop you off at the Ben Yehudah Outdoor Mall for shopping, dinner on your own, and for a special treat, we will give you a voucher for a photographic portrait in biblical costume. Overnight in The Olive Tree Hotel in Jerusalem

Friday March 18 – Jerusalem – Free Day
Lavish Israeli Breakfast in the hotel
Today is on your own, reserved for exploring, shopping or resting Traditional Shabbat Dinner and overnight in The Olive Tree Hotel in Jerusalem




Shabbat March 19 - Jerusalem
Lavish Israeli Breakfast in the hotel
Shabbat luncheon at the hotel, and a Melave Malka with a special guest speaker. Overnight in The Olive Tree Hotel in Jerusalem

Sunday March 20 - Gush Etzion, Hevron, Gush Katif
Lavish Israeli Breakfast in the hotel
After breakfast and check out, our first stop of the day is Kever Rachel, on to Hevron, a city infused with the awesome sanctity of the Ma’arat Ha’machpala. In Tel Rumeida we will see the archaeological remains of King David’s palace, the graves of Ruth and Yishai, and meet with some of the 80 brave Jewish families of Hevron. We continue south through the Hevron Hills to Sussyia where we will explore the caves of an ancient village from the time of the Talmud. Continuing west towards the Mediterranean we stop at the Jewish Communities of Gaza, Gush Katif for dinner and overnight at the Midreshet HaDarom Hostel

Monday March 21 – Gush Katif
Breakfast in the hostel
After breakfast we will visit with the people in the threatened communities, we will visit the communities, hot houses, educational institutions and industry. Weather permitting there will be time for swimming in the Mediterranean Sea. Dinner and overnight at the Midreshet HaDarom





Tuesday March 22 – Gush Katif, Shomron
Breakfast in the hostel
After an early breakfast we leave Gush Katif and travel on the new toll road #6 to the first modern community in the Shomron, Kedumim. We will meet with the mayor Danielle Weiss and tour the community. We continue north to the northern Shomron communities of Kadim, Mevo Dotan, Sanur, and Homesh, visiting with the residents and hearing their stories and reactions to the impending evacuation of their communities. Security permitting we continue to Har Gerizim, from Gerizim we will have an overview of Schem and Kever Yosef. Our final stop of the day is Itamar where we will meet an incredible man, Avri who has single-handedly been expanding the Yishuv. Dinner and overnight Eshel Hashomron Hotel in Ariel

Wednesday March 23 – Shomron
Lavish Israeli Breakfast in the hotel
Our tour continues today in the region promised to the tribes of Ephraim and Benjamin. Our first stop is the partially excavated city of Ai, which was the second city Joshua conquered. We continue to Beth El where we will visit the settlement and the studio of Arutz 7. Our next stop is Shiloh to explore the Tel, here the mishkan stood for 369 years during the time of Eli and Shmuel the prophet, and meet with some of the Jewish residents of the modern settlement. In the area of Shilo we will be able to help reforest the hills of Ephraim by planting olive trees. You are invited to Kfar Tapuach where we will see the professional dog training program, hear from Mike Guzofsky, Lenny Goldberg and David HaIvri and enjoy a Bar–B-Que dinner with some of the residents of Kfar Tapuach. For those heading back to the States we proceed to Ben Gurion Airport for our flight to the States

OR – OPTION FOR ANOTHER 4 DAYS



Overnight in the Eshel Hashomron Hotel in Ariel:

Thursday March 24– Shomron, Galil
Lavish Israeli Breakfast in the hotel
After an early breakfast we travel through the Galil to Tzfat, one of the four holy cities in Israel. We will visit ancient synagogues, the Ari’s Mikvah and the artists quarter. North to the Golan Heights in the Golan we will visit Katzrin, the Golan Winery, Mount Bental, the mountain overlooking Syria and an army base on the northern border with Lebanon, where we can meet with some of the young men and woman guarding Israel’s borders. We’ll stop for dinner at the Pagoda Restaurant overlooking the Kineret,overnight at the Kinar Classic Hotel on the Kineret

Friday March 25 – Jordan River Valley Jerusalem
Lavish Israeli Breakfast in the hotel
After a leisurely breakfast we travel through the Jordan RiverValley passing the biblical Gilgal and the crossing point of B'nei Yisroel. We will stop at Kfar Adumim for a visit to the Techilet factory where we can understand the meaning and uses of Techilet. Back to Jerusalem for Shabbat. Shabbat dinner and overnight in The Olive Tree Hotel in Jerusalem

Shabbat March 26 - Jerusalem
Lavish Israeli Breakfast in the hotel
Shabbat luncheon, Overnight in The Olive Tree Hotel in Jerusalem





Sunday March 27 - Purim - Jerusalem
Lavish Israeli Breakfast in the hotel
Full day of touring in Jerusalem while enjoying the frivolity of Purim. For those heading back to the States we proceed to Ben Gurion Airport for our flight to the States






Cost: 10 Day Trip Land Package $613 for double occupancy and $763 for single occupancy.

          14 Day Trip Land Package $850 for double occupancy and $1000 for single occupancy.

Participant should arrange their own air travel to best suit their needs and frequent flyer mileage, but need to meet the group at Ben Gurion airport around 10:30 am Tuesday March 15.  Heartland Tours will also be happy to help you arrange air transportation.

Contact: Heartland Tours, moshe@kolhamacabee.org , or matt@finberglaw.com