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Two Days in the Heart of the Bible Land A journey from Abraham's first day in Eretz Yisrael till King David's discovery of the site of the Temple in Jerusalem |
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| [arrival day] | Ben Gurion Airport |
short drive to "Eshel haShomron" hotel in Ariel |
Welcome! |
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FIRST DAY The Land of Promise |
Ariel - hotel | early Tefillat Shacharit | afterwards coffee and cake |
| Trans-Shomron highway | drive |
crossing Israel from West to East towards the rising sun |
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| Maaleh Efrayim | overlook- picnic breakfast |
sunrise over the Jordan River, "The Promised Land", entry of the Patriarchs, "And Avram passed through the Land..." |
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| Elon Moreh | "Abraham's Overlook" from Mt. Kabir view of Joshua's Altar |
"And Avram passed through the Land, until the place of Shechem, until Elon Moreh..." "... to your descendants I will give this Land." |
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| Elon Moreh |
visit to elementary school |
meeting students and teachers the sound of Torah returns to the Shomron |
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| Elon Moreh | lunch | at the Machon Helkat haSadeh | |
| Elon Moreh | meeting/ discussion |
with one of the founders of the Elon Moreh pioneer settling group "the challenge of renewing Jewish settlement in our day" |
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| Mount Grizim | overlook | entering the Land with Joshua "Blessings and Curses" receiving the Torah in Eretz Yisrael |
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| Bracha settlement | Mincha at the Hesder Yeshiva | meeting with the Rosh Yeshiva | |
| Ariel | return to hotel |
Maariv, dinner, talk with slideshow |
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SECOND DAY Way of the Patriarchs |
Ariel - hotel | Shacharit | followed by breakfast |
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Itamar Settlement |
overlook from Mt. Gideon |
Gideon the Judge Avimelech's Kingdom |
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| Itamar |
visit with a family at their organic homestead |
opportunity to help fence, weed, plant tasting [possible to purchase] local produce |
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| The Way of the Patriarchs | travel down the ancient highway towards Jerusalem |
viewing the settlements of: Yitzhar, Tapuach, Rechalim |
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| Shiloh | short hike |
tour of the ancient tel: site of the Mishkan the tribes receive their inheritances "In those days, there is no king in Israel..." |
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| Ofrah | lunch | at the girl's Ulpana high school | |
| Geva Binyamin | overlook Givat Shaul and nachal Micmash |
the crowning of King Shaul war against the Philistines |
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Nebi Samuel [Shmuel haNavi] |
overlook of Jerusalem from the roof Mincha at the kever |
the selection of David what David learned here from Samuel discovery of Temple's site |
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