| Grand Exodus Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tour | | | | Rosh Hanikra – Acco (Acre) – Haifa – |
| Being an once-in-a-lifetime experience, every Bar or | | | | Zichron Yaacov – Alona Park – Old Jaffa |
| Bat Mitzvah is something very special. That's why we | | | | Drive along the "Northern Road" to Rosh Hanikra right |
| developed this unique Grand Exodus program. Just as | | | | at the Lebanese Border, where we will go by |
| the People of Israel developed its identity and sense of | | | | cable-car down into the grottos carved by the sea… |
| responsibility through a journey starting in Egypt | | | | Drive to Acco (Acre) to visit the underground "Knights |
| through Trans-Jordan and into the Land of Israel to | | | | Halls", extraordinarily preserved since the Crusader |
| become a people, we want your son/daughter to | | | | Times, the Acco-Prison, remembering the brave |
| experience the same, in order to strengthen his/her | | | | Jewish underground-fighters who were imprisoned and |
| identity as an adult member of the Jewish People. The | | | | executed by the British here, the Turkish Bath where |
| following program is only a suggestion - a foundation | | | | "The Last Bath Attendant" will tell you some of Acco's |
| on which our experts will specially design your | | | | Legends, after which you will experience the typical |
| custom-made itinerary according to your budget, | | | | Bazaar, with the colors and odors of the orient… In |
| schedule, and special traditions and needs… We will | | | | Acco we will also visit the Tunisian "Or Hatorah" |
| carefully choose the sites you visit and accommodate | | | | Synagogue, a life-endeavor of a simple Jew who |
| you according to your choice and abilities, be it a | | | | created a unique synagogue, covered with mosaics |
| Luxury Hotel or our special Kibbutz Biblical Campsite | | | | that depict the Jewish History & Religion. Now we |
| "Emek David" – all in an effort to make it the | | | | drive to Haifa to the famous Haifa Panorama Lookout, |
| once-in-a-lifetime experience it ought to be!!! | | | | overlooking the marvelous Baha'i Gardens – a |
| | | | | World Heritage Site. From here it is a short distance to |
| Day 1, Sunday: | | | | Zichron Yakov, one of the pioneer villages sponsored |
| Arrival in Cairo | | | | by the Baron Rothschild, which still keeps the |
| Upon your landing at the Cairo International Airport our | | | | atmosphere of those days… Experience adventure |
| representative will welcome you, aid you through the | | | | at the Alona-Park where you will crawl through |
| necessary formalities, and transfer you to your Cairo | | | | man-made tunnels, created in order to bring water to |
| Hotel for a rest, Dinner & over-night. | | | | Caesarea. Towards the end of the day we drive to |
| | | | | Israel's commercial & cultural center, the pulsating |
| Day 2, Monday: | | | | city of Tel Aviv. Here we visit the ancient city of Jaffa, |
| Cairo: The Pyramids & Sphinx – Egyptian | | | | the gateway to the Land of Israel, desired by |
| Museum – Fustat (Old Cairo): Ben Ezra & Ben | | | | generations of Jews. This is the perfect place to stroll |
| Maimon Synagogues – Khan-el-Halili Market | | | | through the alley-ways, watch the sun set over the Tel |
| Our Journey starts, of course, at the famous Giza | | | | Aviv Seaside, and slowly get acquainted with "The |
| Pyramids and the Sphinx guarding them. From here | | | | City that never stops!" Dinner in a local Tel Aviv |
| we drive back into Cairo proper to take a look at the | | | | restaurant and Over-Night in Tel Aviv. |
| immense collection of well-preserved findings of the | | | | |
| ancient Egyptian culture (not including the Mummies | | | | Day 9, Monday: |
| Room). In the afternoon we drive to Fustat, Cairo's Old | | | | Tel Aviv: Independence Hall – Bauhaus – Carmel |
| City, where we visit some of its famous sites, such as | | | | Market – Nachalat Binyamin - Biblical Lunch at Emek |
| the newly renovated Ben Maimon Synagogue, the | | | | David – Ranger-Tour - Dig-for-a-day at Beth Guvrin |
| synagogue of the great Jewish philosopher & | | | | The first part of the day is dedicated to the "First |
| physician Rambam (Maimonides) and the famous Ben | | | | Hebrew City" – Tel Aviv. We start with the |
| Ezra Synagogue, where most of the ancient Jewish | | | | "Independence Hall", House of Tel Aviv's first mayor, |
| scriptures of the Cairo "Geniza" were found. We | | | | where David Ben Gurion declared the independence |
| spend the rest of the day in the colorful Khan-el-Halili | | | | of the State of Israel. We stroll through the Rothschild |
| Bazaar. Dinner will be served on a boat cruising on the | | | | Boulevard, famous for its special |
| Nile River! O/N in Cairo. | | | | BAUHAUS-Architecture that made it a UNESCO |
| | | | | World Heritage Site. Stroll through the colorful (and |
| Day 3, Tuesday: | | | | noisy…) Carmel Market and get a taste of Israel, after |
| Suez Canal – Sinai: Uyun Moussa (Moses Springs) | | | | which you can always feel the Avant-Garde culture at |
| – Wadi Firan – Mt. Moses (Mt. Sinai) | | | | the Nachalat Binyamin Pedestrian Zone and fancy |
| We set out early in the morning to cross the | | | | Sheinkin Street. A short drive brings us to the Valley of |
| Suez-Canal and enter the Sinai Desert. After a long | | | | the Therabynth, to "Emek David", where the symbolic |
| drive through the wild Sinai Desert we reach 'Uyun | | | | battle between David & Goliath took place. Here |
| Moussa, the traditional place where Moses hit the rock | | | | we have a "Biblical Lunch" that will take us back in time |
| and water came out. Continue to Wadi Feiran, "The | | | | to those glorious days when David, son of Jesse, just |
| Oasis of the Thousand Palm-Trees" and on to St. | | | | turned Bar Mitzvah… Now we experience the |
| Catherine, where we will spend the night. For those | | | | modern Bar Mitzvah adventure riding special self-drive |
| who are in shape we recommend to climb Jebel | | | | 4x4 vehicles searching for traces of our ancient king, |
| Mussa (Mt. Moses) -the traditional Mt. Sinai, for sunset! | | | | before we continue to Beth Guvrin, where we |
| | | | | participate in archaeological excavations of man-made |
| Day 4, Wednesday: | | | | caves, digging down into our past with our own hands! |
| Crossing the Red Sea – Aqaba – Petra | | | | Drive back to Tel Aviv for dinner & Over-Night. |
| Approximately 2 hours of driving through | | | | |
| ever-changing desert-landscapes brings us to the | | | | Day 10, Tuesday: |
| port-city Nuweiba. Here we will also cross the Red | | | | Jerusalem Old City: Mt. Of Olives - City of David – |
| Sea. As the sea probably won't part for us, we will | | | | Davidson Center – Wailing Wall – Jewish |
| use a fast ferry-boat that will take us to Jordan's | | | | Quarter – Temple Institute – Western Wall |
| ancient port-city, Aqaba. Here our Jordanian Guide will | | | | Tunnel |
| await you, and take you on the footsteps of the | | | | From the Mt. Of Olives we have a Panoramic View of |
| Israelites, along the "Kings Highway" to the Land of | | | | the Old City & the 2-Millennia-old Jewish cemetery |
| Edom – to Petra! Before entering the secret capital | | | | – a good place for an introduction to the city and its |
| of the Nabatheans, we will stop at a view-point from | | | | meaning to generations of Jews, of which our Bar/Bat |
| which we can see Jebel Haroun, the traditional Mt. Hor, | | | | Mitzvah now becomes part! Visit the City of David, the |
| where Aaron was buried. Jebel Haroun is known since | | | | very ancient Jerusalem, "where it all began", including |
| medieval times as a Jewish place of pilgrimage. Now | | | | (those who dare!) walking in the water through the |
| we enter "The Rose Red City", Petra, recently | | | | almost 3000-year-old Hezekiah's Tunnel. At the |
| declared one of the new "Seven Wonders of the | | | | Davidson Center we can see the recent excavation |
| World". Petra was cut out of the sandstone by the | | | | of the Southern wall of the Temple Mount and hear in |
| ancient Nabatheans, a nomad people who used this | | | | an audio-visual presentation about the Jewish Pilgrims |
| site as their religious and political capital and as a | | | | who ascended 3 times a year to the Temple in |
| center for the caravans on the "Incense Road". We | | | | Jerusalem. Now we have a thorough tour of the |
| start walking through the narrow "Siq" (gorge) until we | | | | Western Wall (Kotel) and the Jewish Quarter, including |
| suddenly see the famous monument the Bedouins call | | | | the "Temple Institute" where you can see the |
| "Hazane" – Pharaoh's Treasury! From the | | | | reconstructed tools as they were used in the temple! |
| "Treasury" we enter the central valley of the "Lost | | | | After dinner we will drive back to the "Wailing Wall" for |
| City", where we visit some more of its ancient | | | | a night-visit of the famous "Western Wall Tunnel" |
| monuments, such as "The Colonnaded Street"; | | | | which will bring us as close as possible to the "Holy of |
| "Pharaoh's Daughter Temple", the Theater, and | | | | Holiest". O/N in Jerusalem. |
| more… Dinner and Over-Night in Wadi Moussa | | | | |
| (Petra). | | | | Day 11, Wednesday: |
| | | | | Jerusalem New City: Yad Vashem – Knesset |
| Day 5, Thursday: | | | | Menorah – Israel Museum – Time Elevator |
| Moses Spring – Madaba – Mt. Nebo – | | | | This day is dedicated to the New City of Jerusalem: |
| Amman – Across the Jordan to Israel | | | | Visit Yad Vashem, Israel's National Holocaust |
| Before leaving town, we stop shortly at "Moses | | | | Memorial. If applicable, we can organize a ceremony |
| Spring", where Moses hit the rock for water, instead of | | | | at the memorial of your original community at "The |
| speaking to it. Then we hit the "Desert Highway" that | | | | Valley of the Lost Communities". Then we visit the |
| will take us to Madaba. Here, in an ancient Byzantine | | | | Menorah (Candelabra) situated in front of the Knesset |
| church, we can see a mosaic that is actually a map of | | | | building, housing Israel's Parliament. In the afternoon we |
| the Holy Land as it was in the 6th century! We | | | | will visit the recently renovated Israel Museum, take a |
| continue to Mt. Nebo, from which Moses could see the | | | | look at the 1:50 Model of Jerusalem during the time of |
| Promised Land, but was never allowed to enter. | | | | the Second Temple and the "Shrine of the Book", |
| Beside the view that also Moses saw, Mt. Nebo is also | | | | housing the original Dead Sea Scrolls. A Bar Mitzvah |
| famous for the colorful mosaics, also dating back to | | | | Tour includes, of course, the new Judaica exhibition! At |
| Byzantine days. Drive to Amman for a short city-tour | | | | the "Time Elevator" we will go back in time to the |
| and visit of the museum, where, among other Biblical | | | | Eternal City's rich history… O/N in Jerusalem. |
| Findings, the "Copper Scroll", part of the "Dead Sea | | | | |
| Scrolls", written by the Jewish Esseans, is exhibited. | | | | Day 12, Thursday: |
| Unlike Moses, we shall indeed cross the Jordan River | | | | Masada – Ein Gedi – Dead Sea |
| and enter the Land of Israel! An Israeli bus will await us | | | | Early rise to climb Masada for Sunrise (or not…). If |
| at the Israeli Terminal and transfer you to a Kibbutz, | | | | you wish, it is also possible to celebrate the Bar |
| where you will spend the night. | | | | Mitzvah ceremony & read the Torah in the |
| | | | | synagogue on top of Masada! Hike through the Ein |
| Day 6, Friday: | | | | Gedi Nature Reserve, rich in water and wildlife. We |
| Kibbutz Tour – Jeep-Tour to Golan Heights – | | | | end the day at (on…) the Dead Sea, taking |
| Ancient Katzrin - Lunch with Security Lecture – | | | | advantage of its known healing qualities… O/N in |
| Tzefat (Safed) | | | | Jerusalem. |
| After breakfast one of the Kibbutz-members will join | | | | |
| us for a tour through the Kibbutz. Then we have a | | | | Day 13, Friday: |
| rough Jeep-Tour where we climb to the Golan Heights, | | | | Tzedaka (Charity) – Neighborhoods & |
| experiencing its strategic value and its challenges in | | | | Machane Yehuda Market – Kabbalat Shabbat at |
| past and present. Visit the ancient synagogue and | | | | the Kotel |
| reconstructed Talmudic Village in Katzrin where you | | | | Becoming an adult also means to take responsibility |
| will experience how the Jewish Law was created… | | | | towards society. That's why we will spend the whole |
| Have Lunch at the "Sharila" Restaurant overlooking the | | | | morning in Tzedaka (Charity) activities of your choice: |
| borders to Syria and Lebanon. Afterwards meet with | | | | Be it aiding Holocaust-survivors, bringing food to the |
| Ret. Colonel Kobi Marom, who will talk with you about | | | | poor or help the handicapped, we will return the |
| the current situation in the area. Descend the Golan | | | | blessing we received to the needy. In the afternoon |
| Heights, drive past Rosh Pina, one of the first Jewish | | | | we will stroll through the Machane Yehuda Market and |
| settlements established in the area, that still keeps its | | | | Jerusalem's different neighborhoods, buzy preparing |
| 19th Century flair, and climb the woody mountains of | | | | for the Shabbat, hear the legends and breathe this |
| Upper Galilee to Zefat (Safed) – Capital of the | | | | special Jerusalem Friday-eve atmosphere… Shortly |
| Kabala. Friday Afternoon everybody in Safed is busy | | | | before sunset we drive to the "Kotel" (Wailing Wall) to |
| with the last preparations to welcome the Shabbat, | | | | receive the Shabbat, dancing and singing, together with |
| practically and spiritually. We will walk the ancient | | | | Jews who gathered here for the same purpose from |
| alley-ways, where every stone has a legend to tell, | | | | all over the world… Festive Shabbat-Dinner & |
| and try to absorb its special, mystical atmosphere… | | | | Over-Night in Jerusalem. |
| Join the Shabbat evening-prayer in one of Safed's | | | | |
| Synagogues, followed by a Festive Shabbat Meal. O/N | | | | Day 14, Shabbat: |
| in Safed. | | | | Bar Mitzvah Celebration |
| | | | | The great day has come! It's time to read the Torah |
| Day 7, Shabbat: | | | | and celebrate the Bar/Bat Mitzvah! As every Bar |
| Kabalistic Shabbat in Tzefat | | | | Mitzvah celebration is special, we will plan the details |
| We will spend the whole Shabbat with the Cabbalists | | | | together with you. We offer a special, "out-of-the-box |
| of Tzefat, walking its enchanted streets, listening to its | | | | celebration" at our private site in the Kibbutz. We will |
| wise legends, singing and participating in prayers, | | | | arrange our Private Synagogue, "Hechal David", |
| learning about the Shabbat, Jewish life, and even have | | | | especially for you, adjusting it to your needs, and you |
| some chance to rest… We can also do the Bar | | | | can spend the Shabbat Bar Mitzvah at our biblical site |
| Mitzvah ceremony with the Reading of the Torah | | | | in the Kibbutz! O/N as before. |
| here, in this spiritual site… In the evening we will drive | | | | |
| out to Tiberias, where we will have a barbecue-dinner | | | | Day 15, Sunday: |
| on a boat on the Kinnereth (Sea of Galilee). The family | | | | Departure |
| will have to decide which kind of music and dancing | | | | Depending on your flight schedule, you will have some |
| they will have on board…! | | | | free time in Jerusalem, before your transfer to the Tel |
| | | | | Aviv Ben Gurion Airport for your flight back home. |
| Day 8, Sunday: | | | | |