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VIPIsrael - Click here to enter text. Friday, February 15, 2008 - Saturday, February 23, 2008

11 Friday, February 15, 2008 (VIP & Transfer) Welcome

WELCOME TO ISRAEL

• Touchdown at Ben Gurion International Airport.

• Before clearing passport control a VIPISRAEL representative will be waiting to welcome

you at the door of your plane as you exit the plane. You will be transported quickly through

the airport, pass immigration at the flight crew counter where passport control is efficiently

expedited and continue to facilitate luggage identification and handling; & escort you

through customs.

• Rabbi Bruk Group - Transfer north and head to Kibbutz Lavi to check into your hotel

and relax for the day.

• Enjoy Shabbat dinner at your hotel.

OVERNIGHT: Tiberius, Kibbutz Lavi

22 Saturday, February 16, 2008 (Free Day) Shabbat Shalom

• After breakfast and morning prayers, enjoy a walking tour of Kibbutz Lavi.

• Enjoy Shabbat Lunch at your hotel and append the afternoon relaxing.

• After Shabbat you may like to take a taxi to Tiberius, browse the shops and get a bite to eat.



33 Sunday, February 17, 2008 (Guide & Vehicle) Tzfat

• After breakfast, visit Tel Dan Nature Reserve is a nature reserve at the foot of Mount

Hermon which includes archeological remains from the ancient town of Dan- the city of

Laish, which members of the tribe Dan captured for their homeland. Important remains

were discovered in a Mycenaean grave from the late Canaanite period.

• Visit the The Banias Spring which begins at the foot of Mount Hermon. This is a

wonderful nature reserve, prepare to get a little wet!

• Spend some time walking along bubbling brooks and hiking different trails along the Dan

River (some say the Garden of Eden).

• 1:30 - In the afternoon we will visit Tzfat's restored Old City including the artists' colony.

Tzfat has much to offer in the way of art galleries, gift-shops and restaurants found tucked

away amongst the winding, cobblestone streets.

• Visit the Tzeirei HaShluchim Yeshivah.

• Enjoy a garden BBQ dinner with Private Live Klezmer concert performed by local Tzfat

artists at Ascent of Tzfat.


44 Monday, February 18, 2008 (Guide & Vehicle) Galilee

• After breakfast, check out of your hotel before heading to Gamla.

• Gamla – the Masada of the north, to view the remains of the fortified village, which stood

fast against the Romans and was an example to the Jewish nation of the time. At this battle,

5,000 people died fighting the Romans.

• Onward further north to Katzrin, which was established in 1977 and was one of the first

urban settlements in the Golan. While in Katzrin, see a fascinating audio-visual presentation

describing the history of the Golan throughout the ages. Tour the ancient reconstructed

Talmudic Village and a partially restored 1,500-year-old synagogue.

• Enjoy wine tasting at the Golan Heights winery.

• Your next stop is the observation point on Mount Bental, overlooking the Mount

Hermon area and the entire Golan Heights. From here you can see the mountains of the

Galilee and Lebanon, and eastward into Syria.

• Here likes the Visit the Valley of Tears, where one of the bloodiest battles of the Yom

Kippur War was fought. A great lookout to see the Heights, and especially the Syrian side of

the border, is from the now abandoned Israeli bunker 4,000 feet (1,200 m.) above sea level

on Mount Bental.



55 Tuesday, February 19, 2008 (Guide & Vehicle) Coastal

• After breakfast, enjoy a cold swim in the Sea of Galilee before checking out of your hotel.

• Visit Rosh Hanikrah, the northernmost point on the Mediterranean shore of Israel, where

a chalk mountain range meets the sea.

• Ride from the mountain top down to sea level via cable car to explore the Grotto’s formed

over thousands of years-truly a wonder of creation.

• Visit a Tunisian synagogue to view the most amazing mosaics you’ve ever seen

• Further along the coastline, visit the ancient city of Acco (Acre) 14 miles above Haifa, once

known as the Crusaders capital of the north. This city is almost 4,000 years old.

• Walk on the city walls & Ramparts to the harbor, then through the colorful markets to visit

the huge, cool yet spooky Subterranean Crusader Halls. .

• Drive to Kfar Chabad – visit 770, Kehos and the central Yeshiva in Kfar Chabad.

• Dinner in 770 restaurant in Kfar Chabad.

• Arrive in Jerusalem and check into your hotel to relax.

OVERNIGHT: Jerusalem, Sheraton Plaza


66 Wednesday, February 20, 2008 (Guide & Vehicle) Dead Sea

• After breakfast depart to the Dead Sea area traveling south through the Judean Wilderness.

• Arrive at Masada - Ascend the cliff top fortress by cable car, or for the more daring, ascend

the snake path just as the Jews did thousands of years ago.

• Explore the ancient remains of the fortifications, King Herod's palace, storerooms and

baths.

• Continue along the Dead Sea, the lowest point on earth, and a rich source of minerals for

export.

• Take a swim or ‘float’ & let the buoyant waters support you as you relax on your back and

think of nothing else but the sea and the salt all around you!

• Take in the beauty of the natural Ein Gedi Waterfall; take a light hike along a waterfall

oasis, whose beauty exudes vibrant hues of green, red, blue and yellow, a small slice of

heaven.

• Enjoy a packed lunchbox.

• The oldest ruins found in Ein Gedi are from the fourth millennium BCE, when people in

Eretz Israel first began to use copper.

• During the Byzantine period, the Jewish residents of the area built an ornate synagogue

here in Ein Gedi

• Next, drive Dune Buggies deep into the Judean Desert!

• Return to Jerusalem.

• Descend to tour of the archaeological discoveries excavated in the Western Wall Tunnels.

Inside, a most interesting model shows the different dwelling periods and history of the

inhabitants of Jerusalem.

• In the evening you may stop in one of the many restaurants in Jerusalem for dinner.



77 Thursday, February 21, 2008 (Guide & Vehicle) Jerusalem

• After breakfast, visit the new Yad Vashem Museum, which was completed in the spring of

2005, a memorial to the six million innocent victims of the Holocaust.

• Located on Har Hazikaron, the Mount of Remembrance, in Jerusalem, Yad Vashem is a

vast, sprawling complex of tree-studded walkways leading to museums, exhibits, archives,

monuments, sculptures, and memorials. (Children under 10 years of age not permitted

entrance)

• Head over to tour the amazing City of King David.

• Begin with a breathtaking observation overlooking Biblical Jerusalem and observe 3,800

years of history dating back in time to the days of Abraham, when the first foundations of

the city were laid.

• The journey quickly heads underground to some of the newest archaeological

excavations at the site. Here, while exploring the recently excavated fortresses and

passageways, you will relive King David's conquest of the Jebusite city as described in

the 2nd Book of Samuel.

• Enter the Old City walls and start at the Davidson Center – the newly opened visitors’

center, located at the Jerusalem Archaeological Park.

• Tour the Southern Wall Excavations where some of the most important archaeological

discoveries have been unearthed, proving this to be one of the key areas of Jerusalem.

Amongst these remains is a complex of royal palaces dating back to the 7th century.

• See the Temple Institute which houses a collection of artifacts from the First and Second

Temple Periods.

• In the evening you may stop in one of the many restaurants in Jerusalem for dinner.



88 Friday, February 22, 2008 (Guide & Vehicle) Chevron

• After breakfast, depart in an armored vehicle onto the holy city of Hebron where our

patriarchs and matriarchs are buried: Avraham, Isaac, Jacob and their wives.

• Then stop for Tehillim (Psalms) and supplication at the very special site of Rachel’s

Tomb. (Pending military approval).

• Return to Jerusalem and enjoy a walk to browse fresh produce, fish mongers, and an array

of unique shops and boutiques, or just enjoy a famous Jerusalem Falafel or Shawarma at the

Machne Yehuda Shuk (open market).

• Jerusalem is full of amazing shops, cafes & boutiques and local artists display their

work throughout the city, take some time to explore Jerusalem or relax at your hotel.

WELCOME SHABBAT AT THE KOTEL (WESTERN WALL)

• As the sun sets preparations will be made for welcoming the Shabbat.

• Upon reaching the steps leading down to the Kotel, look around and notice people from all

corners of the world converging together with one purpose in mind; to welcome the

Shabbat at the holiest place on earth for Judaism. Singing and dancing with true

Chabad spirit.

• Enjoy Shabbat Dinner & Chassidic Farbrengen at the Tzemach Tzedek Shul in

Jerusalem’s Old City.


99 Saturday, February 23, 2008 (Free Day) Shabbat Shalom

•• After a light breakfast, walk to The Mayanot Shul or the Great Synagogue for davening or

to a synagogue of your choice.

•• Return to your hotel for a Chabad spirited Shabbat lunch, L’Chaim!

•• After lunch enjoy a unique walking tour of Jerusalem’s Old City.

•• After Shabbat, transfer to Ben Gurion Airport for the departure flight home where you

will be met by a VIPISRAEL representative will be waiting to assist you in your temporary

departure from Israel.

Begin planning your next VIPIsrael Adventure!!!!!!

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