With the help of G-d Almighty

Pessah 2024 - Isru Hag

- Tour of the Biblical Gilgal: The Jordan Crossing, the Circumcision Hill, Biblical Beit Hogla and the Jericho Visitor Centre. You will also have the opportunity to buy locally grown organic farm produce at the Beit Hogla farm shop.

  • Come in your own car. Meet at the Beit Hogla farm at 09:00. There is some easy walking. The tour ends around 12:00 noon.
  • Cost: 20 NIS per person.
  • Info & Registration: Send a WhatsApp message or SMS to Yoni at 052-3527313. State your name and the number of participants.

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The Anniversary of the Conquest of Jericho

Immediately after the end of the first Passover in the Land of Israel, the People of Israel under the leadership of Joshua Bin Nun circled the walls of Jericho with trumpets and shofars every day. On the 7th day, which was on the Shabbat the 28th of Nissan, the walls were circled 7 times and miraculously came down…

Blowing the shofar on Tel Jericho
Blowing the shofar on Tel Jericho

We will celebrate this event on . We will pray a festive Minha prayer in the Shalom al Israel Synagogue in Jericho.

  • Bus from Jerusalem (Chords Bridge & Bar Ilan) at 15:30 and picks-up at Moshav Naama (in the Jordan Valley) at 16:45. Cost 70 NIS per person. This tour is conditional upon IDF permission.
  • Info & Registration: You must reserve in advance by sending a WhatsApp message or SMS to Yoni at 052-3527313. State your name, the number of participants, and where you want to board the bus.
  • Advance payment required: By BIT to telephone 052-8699300 or by bank transfer: Bank Discount, Branch 159 (Jerusalem Center), account No 3212507, in the name of "Jewish Life in Jericho".

Friday Prayer & Tour of Jericho

The centrepiece of the Shalom al Israel mosaic in Jericho
The centrepiece of the Shalom al Israel mosaic
  • On , we will pray Shaharith at the ancient Shalom al Israel Synagogue, with its unique mosaic full of Jewish symbolism.

Buses

  • From Jerusalem Chords Bridge (bus stop 4216) and Hativat Harel/Shmuel HaNavi (bus stop 1625) at 05:40.
  • From the main entrance of Moshav Naama, on the Jordan Valley Road at 06:45.
  • Back in Jerusalem at approx. 11:00 in the morning.

Info & Registration

  • Send a text message / WhatsApp to Yoni at 052-3527313, stating your name, the number of participants and where you want to board the bus.
  • Cost: 70 NIS per person.
  • Advance payment required: By BIT to telephone 052-8699300 or by bank transfer: Bank Discount, Branch 159 (Jerusalem Center), account No 3212507, in the name of "Jewish Life in Jericho".

Security in Jericho is assured by the Israel Defence Forces.

Help us re-establish the presence of the Jewish People in the holy city of Jericho!

The key to the Land of Israel!


Israel Independence Day in Jericho

דגל ישראלו

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  • We will tour the, Shalom al Israel and Naaran Synagogues, Tel Jericho and the Elisha Spring.
  • A bus leaves Jerusalem (Chords Bridge & Bar Ilan) at 07:45 and picks-up at Moshav Naama (in the Jordan Valley) at 08:45. Cost 70 NIS per person. This tour is conditional upon IDF permission.

Info & Reservation

  • Send a text message / WhatsApp to Yoni at 052-3527313, stating your name and the number of participants.
  • Cost: 70 NIS per person.
  • Advance payment required: By BIT to telephone 052-8699300 or by bank transfer: Bank Discount, Branch 159 (Jerusalem Center), account No 3212507, in the name of "Jewish Life in Jericho".