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 pressing2 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.

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 orthe Israel Center.

Wednesday, September 11, Go around Jerusalem’s outskirts during Aseret Y’mei Teshuva; Ramat Rachel: Palaces and Prophecy; Beit Meir: art & mysticism, wine production and tasting Chavat HaShabbat - learn about the original 39 Melachot; Scroll of Fire; Mount Scopus Overlook; Depart: 8:00am, return 6:30pm (approx.) • Bring your own lunch; Guide: Esti Herskowitz • price: 126/150NIS

Wednesday, September 25thChol HaMoed Sukkot; Start the sweet new year with us on tour in the Land of Milk & Honey. Visit a bee farm and the T’nuva dairies in Rehovot. Festive lunch in Chafetz Chaim sukka. And a tour of the Mishkan & its vessels, 180NIS per person (non-mem 200NIS) • Leaving at 9:30am to accommodate the Chol HaMoed davening schedule • Returning approx. 6:00pm

Day Trip to Shomron – Chol HaMoed - Wednesday, SEP 25 • in Cooperation with the Shomron Tourist Authority; Guide: Menachem Brody • 9:00am - Depart the Israel Center • Derech Binyamin - Inheritances of the Tribes, Bypass Roads, Shaul HaMelech, HaAi, Wadi Haramiya SHILO - Emek haBanot, Shul/Mishkan model, overlook site of the Mishkan, ITAMAR - water tower overlook - story of the yishuv; meet with Zimmerman family, tour of Organic homestead, taste homemade products, ELON MOREH - overlook on Shechem from Mt. Kabir, visit at Tsel Harim vineyard and tea farm, Mincha, lunch at Succah of Yeshivat Birkat Yosef, Gilad Highway [story of Gilad Zar z”l and his family], KEDUMIM - first Shomron settlement - visit at Museum [archeological finds from the area], Nahal Kana, Ariel [drive through], RECHALIM [regional celebration] • Return to Jerusalem • $45 (205š) including full-day tour, bulletproof bus,; English-speaking guide, lunch by Schocketino, entrance fees

Kever Rachel & Jewish Eastern Jerusalem in cooperation with Yeshivat Beit Orot; Monday, September 23 - depart Israel Center at 1:30pm or Thursday, September 26 - Depart Israel Center at 9:30am; Tour (approximately 4 hours in bullet proof bus) includes: Kever Rachel • Har Homa • Sur BacherRas Al Amud • Mt. of OlivesYeshivat Beit Orot • Kever Shimon Hatzadik Price - $30 or 140NIS per person (adult or child)

Travel Desk Specials For reservations at the hotels listed below or any other Israeli hotels, please call Sarah directly at the Travel Desk 566 7787, ext. 249. She'll be happy to accommodate you with any of your requests.
Renaissance, Tel Aviv, Shabbat Shuva, Sep. 13-14, 620NIS per couple, F/B; Sukkot - 510NIS per couple per night, H/B (min. 2 nights)
The hotel is on the beach, has an indoor pool, gym. Shabbat elevator • Rabbanut kashrut
Carlton, Nahariya, valid September 19-29; Sukkot, 750NIS per couple H/B per night
Kibbutz Lavi, valid September 13-16; Shabbat Shuva plus Yom Kippur - 1160NIS F/B for Shabbat, Seudat HaMafseket, post YK meal
Sheraton-Moriah, Tiberias, valid September 19-29; 2-night package, 1500NIS per couple H/B
Sheraton-Moriah, Dead Sea, valid September 22-26; 4-night package, 3800NIS per couple H/B includes free entrance to SPA
Paradise Negev (Mehadrin), valid for Sukkot; 550NIS per couple per night H/B. 1 or 2 children in room, 95NIS per child; Shiurim by noted Rabbanim, Simchat Beit HaSho’eiva, magic shows, children’s activities, separate swimming hours, local tours
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
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, did it” visit into an unforgettable, special one!

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