Where are you learning this year?
NEW DATE!
tuesday January 6
9 AM – 12:30 PM
Tel Lachish and Tel Azeka
ancient site, modern technology: see the fantastic fortress city of Lachish, the new visitors' center that brings the story to life and the newest excavations at Azeka
Cost: 130 shekels
You Need to provide your own Transportation, please be in touch if you need or can offer a ride
Photo Credit: User:oncenawhile, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Sunday January 18
9 AM – 12:30 PM
Tel Shilo
Where was the holy place before the Temple in Jerusalem? Why was Hannah's prayer so revolutionary? And how Red are Red cows?
Come to Tel Shilo and see all this and flowers too!
Cost: 130 shekels
You Need to provide your own Transportation, please be in touch if you need or can offer a ride
Photo Credit: zeev stein Pikiwiki Israel, CC BY 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons
Sunday February 22
9 AM – 12:30 PM
Herodion
Was it Herod's favorite palace? What did Amos the Prophet think of this site? and who hid in the underground tunnels? Herodion, one of the best national parks in Israel
Cost: 130 shekels
You Need to provide your own Transportation, please be in touch if you need or can offer a ride
Sunday March 15
9 AM – 12 PM
Tel Gezer
Hidden in plain sight, in the center of the country, is one of the most powerful canaanite cities, transformed by King Solomon.
Cost: 130 shekels
You Need to provide your own Transportation, please be in touch if you need or can offer a ride
Photo Credit: Davidbena, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
On Location with Tanakh
What did Jeremiah have against Mr. Ben Hinnom? How did the Assyrians defeat the fortified city of Lachish? What is the connection between the prophet Amos and King Herod? And how red does the para aduma (red heifer) have to be?
If you love walking the land, Tanakh in hand, these tours are for you. Join one or sign up for the whole course and get a discount.
Sunday September 14 9 AM -12 PM
Mount of Olives (includes bus to the top):
Elul is the ideal time to visit this site of prayers, graves and yearning for the Temple
Sunday October 19 9 AM – 11 AM
Nebi Samuel
Battleground from Tanakh times to 1967, Nebi Samuel is filled with historical significance
Sunday November 23 9 AM - 12 PM
The Valley of Hinnom
idols, ghost neighborhoods and King David in the renewed valley
Sunday December 28 9 AM – 12:30 PM
Tel Lachish and Tel Azeka
ancient site, modern technology: see the fantastic fortress city of Lachish and the newest excavations at Azeka
Sunday January 18 9 AM – 12:30 PM
Tel Shilo:
the home of the Mishkan is absolutely gorgeous in the springtime
Sunday February 22 9 AM – 12:30 PM
Herodion
desert magnificence, powerful prophecies and one controversial king.
Sunday March 15 9 AM -12 PM
Tel Gezer
powerful Canaanite town that became one of King Solomon’s key cities.
Each tour costs 130 shekels, except the one to the Mount of Olives which will cost 175.
The whole course costs 860 shekels (you save 10%)
All the tours are without transportation, except the Mount of Olives one. We will meet at the site. I will try and help to arrange carpooling.
For more information and payment please email me at shuliemishkin@gmail.com
Photo credit: Reuven Spolter, Herzog College
