​Connecting Heart, Body and Soul​​

"A Healthy Soul is in a Healthy Body" (Maimonedes)

​Tuesday, November 5th​

9:30 Meet at David Citadel hotel in Jerusalem

Money Changer will be available at 8:30 in Lobby

Depart to Keren HaYesod 9 - Airbnb 

10:00 Workshop: What's Our Mission in Life?     Facilitated by Dini Coopersmith  

11:00 Welcome Brunch

Depart to Old City

12:30 Preparation for Western Wall experience   R. Eitiel Goldwicht

1:00 Visit Kotel

1:30 Leave to Dead Sea

2:30 Check in Optional Spa Treatments

4:00 Getting to Know You- Ice Breaker

5:00 Dancing for Life                     Cheryl Mandel  

6:00 Options:

Yoga                                                    Tal Gal, Israeli Yoga Instructor

Rules of the Road for Health              Nilli Grutman Eshet, Nutritionist

6:45 Buffet Dinner at the Hotel

8:00 LifeDance! special new class with Orit Dubrovsky Jacobson and Israeli dance students

9:30-11:00 Wine, Chocolate and Kumsitz get-together outdoors at the pool​

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Wednesday, November  6th

Becoming Whole with Oneself

"If I am not for Myself, Who will be for Me?"​ (Ethics of the Fathers)

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7:00 Breakfast opens

8:00 Yoga with Tal Gal at the pool

9:00 Options:

Visit Dead Sea

Spa treatments

 Stretching for Flexibility     Nilli Grutman Eshet

10:30 Back to Room to Check out 

11:00  Workshop: Getting to know your Soul and                 

                    Strategies for Using our Unique Talents

                          Facilator:  Dini Coopersmith 

12:45 Depart for Tour of Kibbutz Ein Gedi and Botanical Gardens

2:00 Lunch break - sandwiches and salads

Visit Dead Sea products Factory in Kibbutz Kalia

4:00 Head back to Jerusalem

5:00 Check in to David Citadel hotel

 Freshen up and meet in Lobby to walk to Dinner

6:00 dinner at Keren HaYesod 9 (Airbnb house about 5 min. walk from hotel)

6:45 Spiritual Anorexia and Healthy Self Esteem   R. Eric Coopersmith

8:00 Chocolate and Wine and Art Ba'Aretz workshop with Bonnie Katzenstein

  

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​Thursday, November 7th

Becoming Whole with Others

"If I am only for Myself, What am I"? (Ethics of the Fathers)

​8:00 Breakfast at the hotel

Walk to Aish World Center

9:00  Photo op on the Roof of Center  

9:00  What does it take to be a Leader?    Rabbi Nechemia Coopersmith

10:00  Mindfulness- Connecting with Self, Connecting with Others        Ilana Cowland

11:15 When You are the Judge   Rav Gavriel Friedman

12:00 Meet and talk with Efrat Halamish in a Magical Yard in the City of David and light Lunch

2:00 Tour of Old City with Eytan Rund

3:30 New Tunnels and Excavations

5:30 Take the Light Rail to the Shuk

6:00 Short Tour of shuk

                                  Chana Mason

Free evening- eat at the shuk!

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Friday November 8th

Preparing for the Queen

​​6:30 Breakfast available

Classes at the Hotel

9:15 Wrestling with Suffering

                                  Rav Nechemia Coopersmith     at hotel

​10:30  Interactive Prayer Workshop at hotel: 

Facilitated by 

                    Rebbetzin Yehudis Golshevsky 

11:45 Free to ride/ walk to shuk, eat lunch and shop (for presents for Shabbat hosts:)

  Prepare for Shabbat

​​3:45 Leave for Old City

4:00 Candle-lighting at the Aish World Center

Bringing in the Shabbat Queen     Marla Buck

         Dance and Daven at Kotel

6:00 Dinner at Aish World Center

8:30 Walk back to hotel

9:00 Oneg Shabbat in Hotel Lobby

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Shabbat, November 9th

An Island in Time- Becoming Whole with the Almighty 

​​6:30 Breakfast opens​​

8:00-10:45 

Shul Options: Hotel shul Great Synagogue, HaNasi Shul ,Kotel, Shlomo Carlebach Shul

10:00 Breakfast/Kiddush    

10:30 Developing a Relationship with God       Dini Coopersmith

11:35 Walk to Usishkin st. 24 - HaNasi shul

12:00 Lunch with the local hosts in area

2:30 Back for optional Shabbat Rest

4:00 Walk to Chana Mason in Nachlaot

4:40 Tour of Nachlaot

5:30  Havdala and Meet Biblical Fiction Author David Mason -  

Meet a special family in a quaint area of Jerusalem

6:30 Free evening

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Sunday, November 10th

Resilience and the Land of Israel

​6:30 Breakfast opens

7:00 Yoga near the pool

9:15 The Power of the Jewish Woman         Dini Coopersmith

10:15 Holiness in Space - the Promised Land     Shprintzee Rappaport

11:15 Leave to Gush Etzion

12:00  Kiryat Arba- Meet Rina Ariel: Hear a story of Strength, Resilience and Faith

1:15 Picnic Lunch at the Ariels' outdoor Pergola

2:30 Meet Eytan Rund at The Cave of Machpela

5:00 Stop by Pinah Chamah, Rest stop for soldiers

6:00 Visit Debbie and Kenny Kodish in Neveh Daniel:

   "Why I Chose to Live in Israel".   Debbie Kodish

7:00 Sushi and Salad Dinner

8:00 Depart to Jerusalem

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Monday, November 11th​​

Taking the Inspiration Home​​

"And if Not Now, When?" (Ethics of the Fathers)

​​7:30 Breakfast Served

Gratitude Modeh Ani Yoga  Marla Buck

9:00 Check out and store luggage

9:15 Transformation and  Inspiration        Chaya Lester

10:30 Writing Workshop: Finding the Inspiration Within 

                        Facilitated by Karen Kuflik

11:30  Be Mellow with Your Fellow      Amy Lefcoe

12:30  Leave to Ancient Shiloh

1:30 Free for Lunch and Shopping in Shiloh

2:15 Tour Ancient Shiloh

Clean pottery shards in Archeological Dig

4:45 Visit Tura Winery

6:00 Dinner at Asader L'seudata in Gvaot 

Group Wrap up:  Parting words,  Reflections, Evaluations and                       Dinner

8:30pm leave to Airport

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Optional extra night and day ($300)

Monday, November 11th​​   

8:00 Check in to "Eretz HaMirdafim" Glamping Site 

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Tuesday, November 12th

Get down and Dirty: Now it's your Turn to Give back!​

Sneak Preview of "Naaseh v'Nishmah" Upcoming Trip May 4-11, 2020

8:00 Gratitude Modeh Ani Yoga in the Vineyards  Marla Buck

8:30 Breakfast served

Depart Eretz HaMirdafim with Eliana

HaKolav- 2nd hand shop - Chessed: Meet Reut: Hear abut her initiaitive and Sort Clothes

Visit and help Beautify Talmud Torah Hadar Yosef in Eli: meet students of the schooland paint wooden benches with them

Support Local business by shopping and buying treats for soldiers in Eli Shopping Center

Lunch in Eliana's house in Eli

Prepare Food Packages for Soldiers in Eliana's house

Meet Soldiers and Deliver Care-packages to them on HaYovel Hilltop

Back to Jerusalem - Machaneh Yehudah Shuk

Charity- Collect food from Shuk, Meet and Distribute with Social Fridge Communi

​​ L'hitraot- See You Next Year!