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Join Us for Tour '07!by Staff
Exciting details on the study program and tour of Israel! |
Great News on the Israel Study Program Price!
We just got great news from our Ticket Agent. He has found an unbelievable price for round trip tickets to Israel for our Israel Study Program. The price is $910.00 plus the Airport Tax. (depending on Israel Airport taxes at that time. They can be from $3. to $5.) This will be a savings of $453.00. That is a savings of over $900. per couple.
For now everything looks great from here. Also, there are always those who wait to the last minute to decide to go. The more the merrier and the more people we have will reduce the price even more. Call your friends who may want to join us. It will be a blessing to them and a savings for you. Children eleven years old and older usually absorb more on this Study Program than do the adults.
When we receive your deposit we will send a list of what you need to take and the proper clothing for the weather there. Most important is to take your Bible. Your Bible is anxious to return to its origins. If you like that book, you will love the Land! It is a great experience to point out:
“Here it is written ─ There it is!”
Your Bible will be an entirely different book after this “Unto a Land that I will Show Thee” Study Program.
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS REDUCTION - NOW - SEND IN YOUR DEPOSIT
I would like to add that our guide, Yossi Maiamon, took us to over 40 sites that I had never seen or did not know the significance of the site. Since I wrote the text book used in the Hebrew University Tour Guide Course, that says a lot!
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Day 1: Saturday, November 10
Depart DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth)
Day 2: Sunday, November 11 - Galil
Dinner and overnight on or near the Kineret.
Day 3: Monday, November 12 – Galil
Mount of the Beatitudes; Tel Dan where archaeologist found the only inscription of reference to the Kingdom of David; Kfar Nachum (Capernaum) the hometown of Jesus and the apostles Peter and John. Baniyas, named Caesarea Philippi after Herod Phillip. The Tomb of Jethro, Moses father-in-law; Nimrod castle and the Damascus road; Lake El Rom that is an underground river the remains at the same level regardless of the rainfall or drought. Hatsor, the city of Shihon King of Hatsor that Deborah and Barach defeated at Mount Tabor.
The “so-called Jesus boat”, because it was the type of boat used about 2,000years ago. Boat Ride across Lake Kineret. A musical harp is called Kineret in Hebrew. The lake is harp shaped, thus it is named. Dinner and overnight on or near the Kineret.
Day 4: Tuesday, November 13
Beit Sharaim, at Tavor an ancient Jewish catacomb with the graves of Hillel the Great, at whose feet Paul studied and Nick-Demon Ben Gurion (Nicodemus). Haifa, Mount Carmel; The Bahá'í Gardens overlooking the city and Haifa Bay; Kishon River; Shikmona, where the garments of the High Priest were died in the First and Second Temple periods; Napoleon Bonaparte captured the city in 1799 in his failed attempt to capture Palestine and Syria. The Cave of Elijah. The Altar of Elijah where he confronted the Prophets of Baal; Caesarea by the sea, Roman Capitol of Judaea where Paul made his defense before Herod Agrippa. Megiddo, (Armageddon), the Spring of Harod, where Gideon chose his 300 men. Mount Tabor The traditional (but incorrect) site of the transfiguration. Where Devorah and Barak defeated Sisera King of Hatsor, The Yavniel ascent where Yael the Kenite, a Druzei lady, drove a tent peg through the temple of Sisera the King of Hatsor. (The Druze are descendants of Jethro Moses father-in-law.) Dinner and overnight on or near the Kineret.
Day 5: Wednesday, November 14 – Dead Sea
The Ovar Ha Yarden, (Crossing of the Jordan,) Sukkoth, Gilgal, Zarthan. (Military permission is required for these four sites since it is a high security area. Permission has always been granted.) The Vail of Shittim that is now covered by the Dead Sea. As the king of Sodom fled, he fell in the ooze of oil slime pits. The Vail of Shittim is a 1500-foot gorge in the Syrio-African Rift. The water of the Jordan River fell over a 1500 feet waterfall and flowed down several miles into a cave opening. At the destruction of Sodom and Gemorah, the opening closed and the oil ooze came to the surface as asphalt. The Greeks called the Asphalt Sea. Solomon sold the asphalt to Egypt where it was used for embalming the mummies. It is very important to note that Sodom and Gemorah were at the North end of the Dead Sea by the Kikar (Circle) of the Jordan and not at the South end as most maps indicate. Bar-B-Que Dinner, overnight at Kibbutz Almog.
Day 6: Thursday, November 15 – Dead Sea
The six cities of the wilderness in Joshua 15:61 Beit Arabah; Middin; Seccacah; Nifshan City of Salt; and Ein-Gedi. The Cave where we found the juglet of Holy Anointing Oil in 1988 made by Moses that anointed every prophet, priest and king in the First Temple period. The Valley of Achor; The River of the Dome; Cave of the Column; the Spice Cave where we recovered 600 Kilograms of the Qetorit (the Temple Incense) in 1992 and “The opening under the ascent covered by forty placed boulders here is the Tabernacle and all the golden fixtures.” (Copper Scroll Column 1, line 2.) Cave 1/11 where the first scrolls were found by Mohammed Dieb in 1947.; (One of the Scrolls is the Temple that tells how to re-institute Temple worship after the Tabernacle and treasures are found).; Cave 3 where Dieb found the Copper Scroll on March 20th 1952; Qumeran (Ir Secacah in the Copper Scroll.); Middin; Nifshan; (the hometown and tomb of John the Baptist.); Ein Gedi where David hid in a cave from Saul then cut off the tzitzit of Saul’s garment.; Masada where David fled from Saul and over 900 Jews committed suicide in C.E. 83 rather than being taken captives by the Romans. Dinner and overnight Kibbutz Almog.
Day 7: Friday, November 16
Spring of Gihon; Hezekiah’s Tunnel; The waters of Sholach where the water for the Ashes of the Red Cow were taken. Jewish Quarter; The Western Wall; - Roman Cardo; Old Gate; Burnt House; the Broad Wall (Nehemiah 3:8.); City of David; The Palace and tower of King David, The Lower Pool; The Pool that was made (Nehemiah 2:14-15) ; The Tomb of David and the kings of Judah. Dinner and overnight in the Montifore Hotel in Jerusalem.
Day 8: Shabbat November 17
Temple Mount; the Mount of Olives; and the Tomb of the Latter Prophets; Cave of Zedekiah and Solomon’s quarries with the Masonic Room; The Gate between the two walls where Zedekiah and his men of war fled during the Babylonian conquest (II Kings 25:4-5.) The natural underground cavern where Jeremiah and his companions: Shimur HaLevi; Zedekiah; Yishiyahu; Haggai the Prophet and Zachariah the son of Iddu the prophet took the Tabernacle from Solomon’s Quarries to the Cave of the Column in 3,331 A.H. (431 B.C.E.) (II Maccabbees 2:4-8). Upper & Lower Sheep Pools Upper & Lower Pool of Bethesda; the pool of Israel; Garden Tomb and Cave of Golgotha Where Adam and Eve were buried before Noah’s Flood. Noah moved their bodies to Machpelah after the flood; Also, where Shem and Eber had, their Yeshiva and the Patriarchs studied the expanded Seven Laws of Noah including much of the Torah that was later given at Mount Sinai. Dinner and overnight in the Montifore Hotel in Jerusalem.
Day 9: Sunday, November 18 – Jerusalem, Shomron
Western Wall Tunnels; Kiryat Ya’arrim; where the Ark of the Covenant was remained for 52 years before David brought it to Jerusalem. The Threshing floor of Nachon or Chillion where Uzzah grabbed the Ark and was smitten. David called it Peretz Uzziah. View Ramah, called Ram-Allah or Ramallah. View the High Place Tel Ai, where Joshua suffered his first defeat. Bethel, where Jacob had his vision of the ladder and Micah set up the Golden Calf. Mount Tabor where Deborah and Barak defeated Shihon King of Hatsor, the Ascent of Yavnaiel where Yael the Kenite (a Druzei lady drove a tent peg through the temple of Shihon king of Hatsor.) The Ascent cliffs, and caves of Arbela where the Romans built fires and burned the Jews who hiding in them. Dinner and overnight in the Shomron.
Day 10: Monday, November 19 - Shomron
Mount Gerizim across the valley from Mount Ebal where the blessings and curses of the Torah were recited. Joshua built an altar on Ebal, covered it with plaster, and wrote all the words of the Torah thereon. Shiloh, where the Tabernacle stood for 369 years before King Saul brought it to the High Place of Gibeah. Dinner and overnight in the Montifore Hotel in Jerusalem.
Day 11: Tuesday, November 20 - Judea
The Valley of Elah where David slew his third cousin, Goliath; Herodian, where King Herod the Great is buried Kfar Etzion; Hevron or Hebron, the Tomb of the Patriarchs. Where the entire Jewish community was massacred in 1929. Dinner and overnight in Arad.
Day 12: Wednesday, November 21
Arad; Mitzpeh Ramon; the Craters of Maktish Gadol and Maktish Katan. View KarKum (the true Mount Sinai) and Kedesh Barnea where the spies brought back an evil report that caused Israel to have to wander 38 years in the wilderness. Dinner and overnight in Arad.
Day 13: Thursday, November 22
Gezer, a city Pharaoh gave King Solomon when he married his daughter. Five cities that the Philistines had the Ark of the Covenant: Askelon; Ashdod; Gaza (View only) Ekron; Beit Shemesh; Beer Sheva and the wells dug by the Patriarchs. Tel Lakhish; Gerar (Where the Patriarchs sojourned.) There are several additional sites not listed on this brochure that our guides will show us. Dinner and overnight in Tel Aviv.
Day 14: Friday November 23
NOT INCLUDED:
Additional tips for your guide and driver; most lunches, (we normally grab a snack along the way); beverages; food not on the regular menus; personal Items; phone calls; airport taxes and fees that vary day-to-day. These costs are usually $3.00 to $5.00.
Deposit Information:
IMMEDIATE DEPOSITS REQUIRED, NON-REFUNDABLE:
$100 FOR AIRLINE TICKETS
$200 FOR TOUR PACKAGE