TIYULIM and SHABBATONIM

Call the TIYUL HOTLINE Dial the Israel Center's number 5-66-77-87, then press 211. You'll hear "thank you, one moment please", and then the phone system's music for 15 seconds. Then the Tiyul Hotline message begins. You can listen to the whole message and then press 2 to leave your message, or you can interrupt by pressing 2 right away and then leaving your message. 

THE TRAVEL DESK The TRAVEL DESK of the Israel Center exists... to make registration and detail-receiving for Israel Center tiyulim more efficient and less head- achy for you. To help you - whether you live in Israel or are visiting - plan private tiyulim and make in-Israel travel arrangements Sarah will be happy to assist you on Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 9:00am to 1:00pm. Call Sarah at the Center, 566-7787 ext. 249. 

Note: When a tiyul says "Bring your own lunch", you can do that... or this: Call the TRAVEL DESK or the TIYUL HOTLINE up to the day before the TIYUL and order a box lunch from the Israel Center Cafe. 18 shekel will get you a delicious sandwich, a refreshing drink (specify regular or diet) and a dessert. Your box lunch willbe ready for you when you board the bus. 

The Jerusalem You've Never Seen Before! Off the Beaten Track" Tour of the Old City 

Last Tuesday's snow (remember it?) caused the postponement of this tiyul until THIS Tuesday (the 15th) There MIGHT be a few places left. Shall we hold one (or more) for you? Call us ASAP 

Announcing the real next (ignore previously announced dates) Israel Center In-House Shabbaton • Shabbat Parshat Mishpatim - Shkalim - M'vorchim Chodesh Adar • Friday-Shabbat, February 8-9, '02 with Scholar-in-Residence: Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir ,Academic Coordinator & Director of the Business Response Forum & author of The Jewish Ethicist, Center for Business Ethics and Social Responsibility, Machon Lev (Jerusalem College of Technology); and Torah Tidbits columnist • An exciting program is planned - Don't miss this special Shabbaton • Discount for early registration (until January 24) • Call us. 

Tuesday, Feb. 19 (7 Adar, birthday & yahrzeit of Moshe Rabbeinu) • A Very Special Tiyul for Women Only • An inspirational and informative full day of travel and prayer at the resting places of our matriarchs in the Galil • Yocheved bat Levi, Mother of Moshe Rabbeinu • Tzipora, wife of Moshe Rabbeinu • Elisheva, wife of Aharon HaKohen (sister-in-law of Moshe Rabeinu) • Bilha & Zilpa, wives of Yaakov Avinu • Rachel, wife of Rabbi Akiva • Guided and led by Basha Zussman and Esther Linder • 8:00 am to 8:00pm (prices in next week's TT) • Route via Mediterranean Coastal Road • Bring food & water for the day) 

SUN to WED, February 10-13 A Heavenly Vacation in the Lowest Place on Earth EinGediGuestHouse • We invite you to vacation in the dreamy, serene atmosphere of the beautiful guest house of Ein Gedi on the Dead Sea, lovely air-conditioned rooms set in an abundantly green, tree-filled botanical garden. Each cottage contains a kitchenette with coffee & cookies free all day, refrigerator, vault, video and more in a pleasant ambiance • Kashrut is L'mehadrin - Mashgiach T'midi, Badatz Eida Chareidis, Scholar-in-Residence, Torah lectures, evening entertainment, exercise, tour of Botanical Gardens, tour of Nachal David • 3 nights - 717NIS (239NIS per night) per person, double occupancy (3 payments possible), 2 nights - 510NIS (255NIS per night) per person, double occupancy (2 payments possible), 1 night - 269NIS per person, double occupancy, includes Israeli buffet breakfast, festive evening meals, health club facilities, sulfur pool (70NIS Value), mud treatment (100NIS value), shuttle buses to Dead Sea (very close by) , Transportation (in bulletproof buses): Sunday morning (10:00) to the Guest House (no additional charge) and Wednesday afternoon return to Jerusalem (no additional charge) • Shulamit's tiyulim are always treats; Come! You'll also enjoy her delicious sweets. 

From the Philistine's Conquerors to the Returning Heirs Ashdod & Environs with Ace guide Hugie Auman will show us the vivid colors beneath the seemingly drab surface of the area •Wed. Feb. 6, 8:00am-6:30pm • View of Ashdod from Jonah's Hill •Ashdod Yam Fortress •Ashdod Museum of Phillistine Culture • Ad Halom Battleground and Bridge, site of Halt of Egyptian Advance in 1948 • Egyptian War Memorial • Lunch break at Bnei Darom, Bring your own (or order from IC Cafe - p.17) •Visit their Olive Oil Visitors Center and production plant • Mincha in the Bnei Darom Shul ,see the only Torah Scroll retreived from Lebanon during the Operation Sh'lom HaGalil • Nir Galim "Bet Eidut", Museum & Center of Holocaust Studies, The only one dedicated to Pre-Holocaust religious Zionist European Jewry • 125NIS per person (135NIS non-members) • If you wish you will be able to dress up in costumes at the museum so be sure to bring your camera • Shulamit's tiyulim are always treats; Come! You'll also enjoy her delicious sweets.

KASHRUT POLICY: Food for Israel Center In-House programs is supervised by OU - in-Israel - Mehadrin. 

Israel Center sponsored trips and programs are under Mehadrin Hashgacha. 

Hotels, restaurants, and tiyulim advertised by the Travel Desk or by outside parties are not necessarily Mehadrin and are not endorsed by the OU or the Israel Center.

Travel Desk Specials 

For reservations at the hotels listed below or any other Israeli hotels not listed here, please call Sarah directly at the Travel Desk 566 7787, ext. 249. She'll be happy to accomodate you with any of your requests. 

Dan Pearl - Jerusalem • thru March 31 Midweek special package: 2 nights, B/B, 840NIS per couple 

Inbal Hotel, Jerusalem • Shabbatot thru February 1150NIS per couple F/B

Sheraton Moriah Eilat 

Special Glatt-Mehadrin offer: Sunday thru Thursday, January 27-31 425NIS H/B, 515F/B, per couple per night, min. 2 nights •Separate swimming hours in non-heated pool 

In conjunction with the above, there will be an Israel Center sponsored program: 

Sunday, January 27th, evening - Tu B'Shvat Seder 

Monday, January 28th - Tree Planting 

Tuesday, January 29th - Optional day tour to Petra with guide Dudu Cohen from a Jewish Tanachi/Mishnayot point of view • Call for transportation possibilities 

Grand Beach, Tel Aviv • valid all week - thru January 31 269NIS per couple per night B/B; child to 12 FREE in same room 

Kibbutz Lavi Winter Special • midweek, for tourists Double room in new wing, 3-night package, B/B, $225 

B/B = Bed & Breakfast • H/B = Half Board (breakfast + one meal) • F/B (3 meals a day) Midweek = SUN, MON, TUE, WED nights • Weekends = THU, FRI, Motza"sh nights 

Join the OU Solidarity Mission on one of the following day-tours Thursday, January 24th • Gush Katif Solidarity • Shomron Solidarity • The Old City • Details and prices to follow • Tours and/or programs subject to change at any time 

Torah Shield II •Join 200 students from Yeshiva University on a climatic Shabbaton at the Jerusalem Renaissance Hotel • January 18-19 • Price: $215 per couple including all meals and programming 

Attention: Students from Abroad: Are your parents planning on visiting you this year? If so, you want to speak to us (02-566-7787 ext. 249). We have many attractive deals for them and you. Let us turn an ordinary "been there, dit it" visit into an unforgettable, special one!

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