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Enjoy a five star touring and vacation package! The Ohr Somayach Executive Learning Mission was created to provide an opportunity for professional couples, families and singles to enjoy a five star touring and vacation package while learning about their people, heritage and land. The character of the program is engendered by its educational emphasis on Jewish text and philosophy and its ability to enhance contemporary values, interests and lifestyles.

Tours highlight the history and topography of Israel from a subterranean excursion into the Western Wall tunnels to a breathtaking beautiful hikes to the Golan Heights.

Educational Program

The world-renowned Ohr Somayach staff will re-create the excitement of learning. Distinguished educators such as Rabbi Nota Schiller, Rabbi Mendel Weinbach, Rabbi Berel Wein, Rabbi Dr. Dovid Gottlieb, Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky, Rabbi Dovid Kaplan and Rabbi Yirmiyahu Ullman will offer lectures, discussions and Questions and Answer sessions that will focus on Judaism's relevance in the 21st century.

Special classes will be offered for women as well.

Honored Scholar-in-Residence will be
Rabbi Dovid Weinberger
the Rav of Sharei Tefilla in Lawrence, New York.

Rabbi Nota Schiller, international founder and Dean of Ohr Somayach, is a noted writer and lecturer. His essays and poetry have been published in leading literary journals.

Rabbi Mendel Weinbach a founder and Dean of Ohr Somayach, has been mentor and father to generations of Ohr Somayach students around the world. He is a prolific author and international lecturer.

Rabbi Berel Wein is a distinguished Torah scholar, author of works of Talmudic commentary and responsa and Jewish history.

Rabbi Dr. Dovid Gottlieb received his Ph.D. at Brandeis University, Rabbi Gottlieb went on to become Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. Today he is a senior faculty member at Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem.

Rabbi David Orlofsky is a former regional director for the National Council of Synagogue Youth and is an internationally acclaimed lecturer and educator.

Rabbi Dovid Kaplan has lectured widely in Israel and around the English-speaking world and is a published author

Rabbi Yirmiyahu Ullman is a graduate of Williams College (BA History & Pre Med) before receiving Rabbinical Ordination in Jerusalem. His halachic work is studied by aspiring rabbis. He writes the "Ask the Rabbi" on-line column for Ohr Somayach's website, and lectures on a variety of topics in Jewish thought.

Educational Program Schedule

Men's Program

Sunday July 9 - Wednesday July 12

Afternoon Touring Program
8:30 pm - Daf Yomi (at the hotel)
8:30 pm - Evening Program with:
Sunday - Rabbi Yaacov Asher Sinclair
Monday - Rabbi Yirmihayu Ullman
Tuesday - Rabbi Dovid Kaplan
Wednesday - Rabbi Avraham Rockmill

Thursday July 13 (17th of Tammuz)
9:30 am - Gemara Iyun Shiur with Rabbi Mendel Weinbach
10:45 am - Chavrusa Review
1:00 pm - Special Kiruv Seminar for the 17th of Tammuz including the
following speakers:
Rabbi Moshe Shapiro
Rabbi Mendel Weinbach
Rabbi Nota Schiller
Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky
Rabbi Dovid Kaplan
Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb

Women's Learning Program (at the Hotel)

Sunday July 9 - Wednesday July 12

Afternoon Touring Program
8:30pm Evening Program (See Men's Schedule)

Thursday July 12 (17th of Tammuz)
9:30am Rabbi Yitzchak Ziskind "Deeper Insights into Churban"
11:00am Trip to Yad Vashem

This schedule is subject to change.

Touring Program Schedule

Touring Schedule
Thursday, July 6
Arrival Welcome Dinner & Orientation

Friday, July 7
Hilltops Of Jerusalem
Nebi Samuel
Afternoon Free Time
Kabbalos Shabbos At The Western Wall
Late Night Chassidic Tish
Oneg Shabbos With Ohr Somayach Scholar In Residence

Saturday, July 8
Jerusalem The Eternal

Sunday, July 9
Morning Learning Program
Ramparts Of Jerusalem Southern Excavations
Evening Lecture Series

Monday, July 10
Morning Learning Program
Dead Sea Spa Ein Gedi Floating In The Dead Sea
Evening Lecture Series

Tuesday, July 11
Morning Learning Program
City Of David Mai Shiluach Jerusalem From Its Ancient Origins
Evening Lecture Series

Wednesday, July 12
Morning Learning Program
In The Footsteps Of The Patriarchs
An Audio-Visual Experience Of Gush Etzion And A Roman Aqueduct
Evening Lecture Series

Thursday, July 13
Morning Learning Program
Fast of 17th Of Tammuz
All Afternoon Kiruv Seminar

Friday, July 14
Travel To The North Through The Jordan Valley, Kinneret, Mincha In Meron, Followed By A Pre-Shabbos Dip In The Legendary Ari Mikveh In Safed.
Late Night Tour Of The Dark, Narrow Alleyways Of Safed

Saturday, July 15
Shabbos In The Mystical City Of Safed
Tour the City of Safed From Its Earliest Beginnings Until The Modern Period.

Sunday, July 16
Tour the Golan Heights, Gamla – The Massada of the North, the Golan Heights Winery and Water Trails of the Golan
Concluding With A Farewell

Contact us today and register for this unique Jewish experience!

CONG. SHAREI TEFILAH
TEL: 516-239-2444

OHR SOMAYACH INTERNATIONAL
Tel: 718-677-6200 · Email: ny@ohr.edu

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