POSSIBLE ITINERARY FOR OCTOBER TRIP BASED ON TRAVELLING OUT ON 9TH
(day flight) and returning on 19th.
Hotels
5 nights in Ein Gedi
5 nights Jerusalem
Day 1 (Oct9th –Sat) Travel
Night travel straight to Eretz Breshit for bathrooms, tea, and an introduction to the desert under the stars.
Check-in/Dinner at Ein Gedi
Day 2 (Sun, 10th) Welcome to the Desert/Abraham & Sarah
Mt. Sodom Lookout/Lot's Wife: Pioneer Ethical Monotheists
Calcolithic Temple: Pagan Rivalry
Ein Gedi Night-Walk: Man is Search of God
Day 3 (Mon11th) David in the Desert: Shepherd, Poet, King
Metzukay Dragot Lookout (towards Bethlehem): Shepherd
Ein Gedi Nature Reserve: Poet
Kibbutz Ein Gedi Botanical Gardens: King
Day 4 (Tues12th) Prophets in the Desert: From Isaiah to Jeremiah
Wadi Kelt Lookout/Wadi Kelt Spring and Riverbed
Dead Sea Beach
Day 5 (Wed13th) Second Temple Times: From the Maccabees to the Mystics
Azazel: A "Timely Man with a Scapegoat"
Hurkanya: A Maccabean Stronghold
Day 6 (Thurs 14th) John & Jesus
Qumran
Ascend to Jerusalem
(On the way up: Techelet Workshop? Good Samaritan?)
Day 7 (Fri 15th.) City of David – Son of David
Walking tour of City of David, Siloam Pool
Davidson Park – southern steps
Israel Museum model of the city in Second Temple period and Dome of the Scroll
Walking tour of Jewish market
Walking tour to Kotel for the coming of Sabbath
Day 8 (Sabbath,16th )
Mount of Olives –overview
Gethsemane – private garden (donation)
Walking tour through quarters of Old City
Pool of Bethesda
Garden Tomb - communion
Day 9 (Sunday,17th)
Temple Mount
Temple Institute
Yad Vashem
– afternoon for shopping
Day 10 (Mon18th) Full day free
Day 19Travel home
Some other exciting possibilities:
Techelet Workshop in Kfar Adumim -see the 'Blue Thread' and its significance for the Prayer Shawl
Scribal Workshop in Jerusalem
Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem
Cave Experience near Bet Shemesh
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