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Israel Like You've Never Seen Before!
Chai Center - Chabad of Wilmette is proud to offer you a chance to take part in
JLI's Five-Star Experience
The Land and The Spirit Mission to Israel
Sunday, March 7 - Monday, March 15
You will love and cherish these days in Israel with
Rabbi Dovid and Rivke Flinkenstein
and Chabad communities from all over the world
The places you see, the people you meet, the experiences you share -
these memories will last a lifetime. Don't miss this unique opportunity!
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Departing Sunday, March 7
Arriving Monday, March 8
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Day 1 - Monday, March 8
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 WELCOME TO ISRAEL
• 6:55AM Arrive at Ben Gurion Airport where our representatives will escort you through passport control, baggage handling & customs. Luggage will be sent ahead to hotel for pre-arranged check-in and will be waiting for guests in their room when they arrive.
• Transfer to Caesarea
• Discover "Jewel of the Mediterranean" the magnificent port city of Caesarea built by King Herod and examine the clash of civilizations between Judea & Rome that led to the destruction of the 2nd Temple. Here, too, is the place of the martyrdom of Rabbi Akiva who was tortured to death by the Romans in Caesarea following the Bar Kochva Revolt. (Tour includes a short text study).
• Experience the state-of-the art multimedia presentation
• Unlock the mystery of Zichron Ya’akov
• Enjoy boxed lunch and free time on the Zichron Ya’akov Promenade OR at the beautiful Rothschild Gardens
• Ascend the Carmel Mountains where Elijah the Prophet contested with the Prophets of Ba’al
• Transfer to Tiberias
• Check-in to hotel, rest & relax
• Dinner in hotel & opening ceremony of the mission.
• Overnight: Sheraton Tiberias
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| Day 2 - Tuesday, March 9 |
 TZFAT & MERON
- THE MYSTICAL CITY
• Full Israeli Breakfast at the hotel
• Explore the Holy City of Tiberias where the Sanhedrin held court and the Jerusalem Talmud was codified. Includes visit to the Tomb of Rabbi Akiva OR Maimonides OR Rabbi Meir Ba’al HaNess
• Discover Tzippori, the “home town” of Rabbi Yehudah HaNassi where the Mishna was set-down in writing. Tour includes a short text study in the Ancient Synagogue of Tzippori with its spectacular mosaics.
• Visit to Meron and the Tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai
• Enjoy boxed lunch in Birya Forest
• Transfer to Tzfat
• Connect with Spirituality in the Mystical City of Tzfat where pivotal figures of Kabbalah's history come to life. Walk through the alleyways of the Old City encountering beautiful synagogues, artists’ galleries and fascinating personalities. The tour includes a meeting with a Kabbalistic artist.
• Return to Tiberias and join up with the rest of the group for an early evening boat cruise on the Sea of Galilee with music and dancing.
• Free time in Tiberias
• Overnight: Sheraton Tiberias
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Day 3 - Wednesday, March 10
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 GOLAN HEIGHTS
• Full Israeli Breakfast at the hotel
• Checkout & departure. Luggage will be sent ahead to Jerusalem hotel for pre-arranged check-in and will be waiting for guests in their room when they arrive.
• Encounter Israel's war heroes in the Golan Heights.
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Tour of the Golan Heights with an emphasis on the Six day War, the Yom Kippur War and the current security situation.
• Enjoy lunch in Golan Heights
• Lookout over Gamla 'the Masada of the North' and relive the famous battle between Romans and Jews during the Great Revolt 2000 years ago, and enjoy its beautiful nature reserve.
• Travel towards Jerusalem via Jordan Valley
• Experience life as it was in Biblical times. Dinner at the magical Eretz Bereishit in Abraham's tents of the Judean Desert with Mayor of Jerusalem, Mr. Nir Barkat
• Check-in to hotel
• Overnight: The David Citadel Hotel Jerusalem
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Day 4 - Thursday, March 11
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JERUSALEM
• Full Israeli Breakfast at the hotel with Breakfast with Moshe Ya’alon – former IDF Chief of Staff
• Enjoy a spectacular lookout over Jerusalem from the Haas Promenade together with entire group.
• Experience the fascinating world within the Old City as past, present and future merge together – Tour includes the following:◦Trace the lives of Prophets and Kings in the City of David ◦Southern Excavations & Davidson center ◦Navigate the Western Wall Tunnels & new excavations under the Kotel Plaza◦ Lookout over Temple Mount◦Sites of interest with the Jewish Quarter – Cardo, Broad Wall, Hurva Synagogue
• Lunch on own during the day
• Afternoon prayer and meditation at the Western Wall & words of welcome by Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger
• Return to hotel
• Dinner on own & free evening
• Overnight: The David Citadel Hotel Jerusalem
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Day 5 - Friday, March 12
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BETHLEHEM & HEBRON
 • Full Israeli Breakfast at the hotel with Israeli Ambassador Yehuda Avner
•Time for reflection at the Tomb of Rachel the Matriarch
• Tour Hebron neighborhoods together with Rabbi Danny Cohen, Chabad Shaliach including Avraham Avinu Synagogue, Tel Romeda, Tel Hevron & Beit Hadassah, meet with Sara Nachshon.
• Prayer and meditation at the Tomb of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs
• Lunch on own at the Gutnick Center
• Return to Jerusalem
• Discover the vibrant Machane Yehuda Market (time permitting)
• Prepare for Shabbat
• Join thousands of Jews from around the globe in a joyous celebration of Shabbat at the Western Wall
• Friday night dinner & farbrengen at the hotel
• Overnight: The David Citadel Hotel Jerusalem
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Day 6 - Saturday, March 13
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THE OLD CITY
• Full Israeli Breakfast at the hotel
• Optional services at the Western Wall, Tzemach Tzedek, Mayanot Shul or Great Synagogue.
•Lunch at hotel with guest speaker – world-renowned Talmudic scholar Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz
• Rest and relax
• Explore your personal connection to Jerusalem as you take in the special atmosphere of the Jewish Quarter & meet with local residents on their rooftops for authentic tales of the Old City OR Discover the spectacular Yemin Moshe neighborhood & Montefiore's Windmill.
• Musical Havdalah
• Free evening to discover Jerusalem’s vibrant night-life
• Overnight: The David Citadel Hotel Jerusalem
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Day 7, Sunday, March 14
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YAD VASHEM HOLOCAUST MUSEUM & SDEROT
 • Full Israeli Breakfast at the hotel with renowned former Chief Rabbi and Child Survivor of Buchenwald, Israel Meir Lau
• Join the Mayanot Institute of Jewish learning for Executive Learning (at hotel)
• Pay tribute to the memory of the Six Million at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum & Children’s Memorial.
• Lunch box at Yad Vashem
• Departure for Sderot
• Visit the Kassam-weary city of Sderot, tour neighborhoods and meet with local shaliach Rabbi Zev Pizem whose work is an inspiration to all.
• Depart for Jerusalem for banquet at The David Citadel Hotel Jerusalem
• Overnight: The David Citadel Hotel Jerusalem
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Day 8 - Monday, March 15
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IDF BASE & KFAR CHABAD
• Full Israeli Breakfast at hotel
• Checkout & departure
• Optional briefing by Gil Hoffman, senior political correspondent of the Jerusalem Post OR Shopping time and lunch on Ben Yehuda Street
• Depart for IDF Base
• Join together with IDF combat troops for a tour of their base, live-fire exercise, security briefing by officers & a BBQ with live music and dancing.
• Departure for Kfar Chabad
• Short tour of Kfar Chabad & 770
• Departure for Ben Gurion Airport
• Return to the USA
• NEXT YEAR IN JERUSALEM!!!!!
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Hotel Accommodations:
The David Citadel Hotel Jerusalem
& Sheraton Tiberias
Price (not including airfare):
•Adult $2279 based on double occupancy
•Adult single $2911
•Child in a room with 2 Adults, $1739
The Land and The Spirit Mission to Israel is a trip of a lifetime! Meet new people, forge new friendships, find new meaning in the way you think about Israel, and return home fully inspired and reenergized with the spark of Israel within you!
for more information and group airline prices please
call 847-251-7707 or email rabbi@chaicenter.com
This Year in Jerusalem! Don't pass up this opportunity.
Rabbi Dovid and Rivke Flinkenstein
Click below to view a highlight video of our exhilarating '08 Mission to Israel
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