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ISRAEL TRIP

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
AISH HATORAH

SUMMER '07 TRIP
May 27 - June 6
June 27 - July 8

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SUMMER '07 TRIP
April 29 - May 17 or
June 25 - July 12


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SOME OF THE SITES VISITED ON
PREVIOUS PROGRAMS:


Jerusalem the Eternal
The Knesset 
Climb the Ramparts of the Old City Walls 
Explore the Jewish Quarter 
Tour the Four Sephardi Synagogues 
Discover Batei Machse - financed by Baron de Rothschild to house the influx of Eastern European refugees 
Investigate the Kabbalists' Alley 
Visit the Mount of Olives

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In the Shadow of the Temple
Experience the Western Wall - the Kotel Ham'arivi 
The Western Wall Tunnels 
Southern Temple Wall Excavations 
Ponder the Model of Herod's Jerusalem during the Second Temple period 
Tour of Mount Scopus - archeological site of a Roman camp during the siege of the Second Temple 

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1948 Siege of Jerusalem
Bab El Wad - the pre 1948 Jerusalem / Tel Aviv road 
British police station at Latrun - site of one of fiercest battles in the fall of Jerusalem 
The Shaar HaGai Mountain Road 
Castel - former Crusader Fortress 

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In the Footsteps of the Fighters - 1967 War of Liberation of Jerusalem
Nebi Samuel - Burial site of the prophet Samuel 
Gibon, Beit Cahnina, Shuafat - strategic locations conquered by the Harel Armored Brigade before the attack on Ammunition Hill 
The Museum and Trenches of Ammunition Hill 
Mount Scopus - site of Haddasah Hospital and Hebrew University 
Tour of the old demarcation between East and West Jerusalem 

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History of a Nation
Yad Vashem - the National Holocaust Museum 
Tel Aviv 
The Diaspora Museum 
Bnei Brak 
Visit the graves of the Maccabeans at Modi'in 
Witness the rebirth of the city of Chashmonaim

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The Judean Desert
Wander through over the Flour Cave 
Experience the Ein Gedi Nature Reserve 
Climb to the top of Masada 
Float in the Dead Sea 
Sleep in the tents of a Simulated Bedouin Camp 
Ride the Mamshit Camel trek into the Negev Desert 
Hike the Snapir Trail leading to the top of the Great Crater - Ein Yokneam

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Safed the Mystical City - Experience its Kabbalistic and Historical Signifigance
Greet the "Shabbat Queen" in the orchards where L'cha Dodi was composed by Rabbi Shlomo Alkabetz and sung by the Arizal and his students 
Explore the mysterious alleyways of Safed 
Tour Historical Safed throughout the ages, from its Biblical origins until the modern State of Israel 
Amuka - burial place of Yonason ben Uziel, where many come and pray for Divine assistance in meeting their spouse 
Meron - burial place of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, author of the Zohar 
Peki'in - site where Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai hid from the Romans for 12 years

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Hiking in the Galil
Scale the Arbel Mountains 
Discover the Ancient City of Tiberias 
Swim the Kineret 
Wadi Amad - the Trail of the Mystics, hike through the rapids


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Footloose in the Golan
The Majestic Snow-Capped Hermon Mountains
View Kunetra - Syrian ghost city 
Hike the magnificent trails of Wadi Yehudia and Debora Falls
Learn the secret behind the Golan's eucolyptus trees 
Wander in the Talmudic village of Katzrin 
Wine tasting at the internationally acclaimed Golan Wineries 
Climb Gamla, "the Masada of the North" 
Inner-tube down the Chisbon 
Chispin, a former Syrian army base 
Swim Wadi Daboria, Israel's second highest waterfall 


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