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Gem Sample Schedule
 
Monday
 
Arrival at Ben Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv
Take Jerusalem Van Shuttle Service to hotel in Jerusalem
Check into hotel
 
6:00 pm Welcome Dinner and Ice-Breaker
Café Rimon Dairy Restaurant on Ben Yehuda Pedestrian Mall
 
Tuesday

Breakfast at the hotel.
 
8:30 am Walk to the Old City
 
9:15 am Old City, Jewish Quarter (Rova) Orientation
Necha Golda Dubinsky
 
10:00 am Are We Talking to a Wall --What Do We Do at the Western Wall
Mrs. Chana Silver
Executive Learning Center (ELC)
 
11:15 am Visit the Western Wall
 
12:15 pm Bringing the Torah Text to Life - Weekly Torah Portion: Noah
Dr. Gerald Schroeder
ELC
 
1:15-2:45 pm Quiche and salad lunch
ELC
 
2:45-3:45 pm The Dirt On Lashon Hara or Prohibited Speech
(Gossip, Lies and Lessons)
Mrs. Chaya Rachel Blatt
ELC
 
4:00-5:00 pm In ___ We Trust: Filling in the Blanks (part 1)
Rabbi Moshe Zeldman
ELC
 
5:15 pm The Essence of A Blessing
Mrs. Chaya Legumsky
ELC
 
6:30 pm Free evening and dinner on your own
 
Wednesday

Breakfast at the hotel.
 
8:30-4:15 pm Tour of Chevron and Kever Rochel
The Cave of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs and Rachel's Tomb
 
4:30-7:30 pm Free time and dinner on your own
 
8:00-10:00 pm "The Three Pillars of the World"
Rebbetzin Fruma Altusky
In her home in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Mattesdorf
Then to meet her parents, Rabbi and Rebbetzin Pincas Scheinberg
Torah giants of our generation
In the same building
 
Thursday

Breakfast at the hotel.
 
9:15 am Jerusalem: The Palace of the King
Mrs. Aidel Teller
ELC
 
10:15-11:00 am Tour of the construction of the new,
Aish HaTorah World Center on the Western Wall Plaza
Rabbi Daniel Schloss
Director of Finance at Aish HaTorah
 
11:15 am The Holiest Spot on Earth: A Physical Overview
Rabbi Ken Spiro
Aish HaTorah World Center Rooftop
 
12:15 pm Lunch on your own
 
1:30-4:30 pm Walking Tour of the Old City
Rebbetzin Feigie Kahane
 
4:30-6:30 pm Free time
 
6:30 pm Chassidish Wedding: Chupah, Dinner, and Dancing
Jerusalem neighborhood of Givat Shaul
 
Friday

Breakfast at the hotel.
 
9:20 am Chain of Generations Museum
By the Western Wall
 
11:00-Noon Anti-Semitism: Why the Jews?
Rabbi Motty Berger
ELC
 
Noon-4:00 pm Free time
 
4:15 pm Candle lighting
Welcome the Shabbat queen at the Western Wall
 
5:45 pm Friday night dinner with families in the Old City
 
Shabbos
 
7:30 am Optional: Visit a variety of shuls in the Old City
 
10:30 am Lunch with families in the Old City
 
1:30-2:30 pm The Art of Selfishness
Rabbi Motty Berger
At the Dubinsky's in the Old City
 
2:30-4:00 pm Free time
 
4:00-6:00 pm Evening Meal with families in the Old City
Followed by Havdallah
 
6:00-7:00 pm Free time
 
7:00-10:00 pm Roaming the Rova
What is it like living in the Rova, The Jewish Quarter of the Old City?
A variety of Old City residents welcome us into their homes to share the story of their personal journeys.
 
Sunday

Breakfast at the hotel.
 
9 am - 5:00 pm Discovery Seminar (includes lunch)
Aish HaTorah in the Old City
 
After 6:00 pm Free evening and dinner on your own
 
8:45-10:15 pm Optional: (Community Class)
Ways of the Righteous
Rebbetzin Tzipporah Heller
At the home of Sarah Rigler in the Old City
 
Monday

Breakfast at the hotel.
 
9:00 am The Greatness of Jewish Women
Mrs. Dini Coopersmith
ELC
 
After 10:15 am The Jewish View of Sexuality
Mrs. Meira Svirsky
ELC
 
11:30 am Visit Rebbetzin Zilberman at her home
What is it like living in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City?
 
1:00 pm Falafel buffet lunch in the ELC
 
2:00 pm In ___ We Trust: Filling in the Blanks (part 2)
Rabbi Moshe Zeldman
ELC
 
3:15 pm Your Greatest Mission
Rabbi Yaakov Gibber
ELC
 
4:30-7:30 pm Free time and dinner on your own
 
7:45-10:00 pm Tour of the Western Wall Tunnels
Rabbi Eliyahu Ellis
 
Tuesday

Breakfast at the hotel.
 
10:00 am A Deeper Look at the Sinai Experience
Chumash with Mrs. Chana Ovadia
At EYAHT, Aish HaTorah's College of Jewish Studies for Women
In the Jerusalem neighborhood of Kiryat Sanz
 
11:00 am The Magic of Shabbos Candles
Rebbetzin Denah Weinberg, Dean of EYAHT
 
12:00 pm The Effect of Your Prayers
Mrs. Nechama Karlinsky
EYAHT
 
1:00 pm Walk to lunch at Rav Shefa Mall
 
2:00 pm Begin the Day Right
Understanding Morning Blessings
Mrs. Sara Rivka Rubinfeld
EYAHT
 
3:00 pm Taxi to the Old City
 
4:00 pm In ___ We Trust: Filling In The Blanks (part 3)
Rabbi Moshe Zeldman
ELC
 
5:00 pm Five Levels of Free Will
Rabbi Noah Weinberg, Dean of Aish HaTorah
Office of the Dean
 
6:15 pm Lasagna and salad dinner at the ELC
 
After 7:00 pm Free evening
 
Wednesday

Breakfast at the hotel.
 
9 am - 5:30 pm Tour Masada, Dead Sea dip, mud treatments, sauna, steam room and Ahava Factory Shop visit
Includes picnic lunch
With tour guide Mrs. Chagit Miasnic, history teacher and botanist
 
5:30-7:00 pm Free time
 
7:00 pm Walk to farewell dinner at Sheyan Asian Restaurant in Jerusalem.
Last hotel night.
 
Thursday

Breakfast at the hotel.
 
Noon Hotel check-out. Luggage can be held for you after check-out.
Departure any time. You are welcome to attend free, drop-in classes at Aish HaTorah Essentials Program in the Old City all day Thursday.