Something Fishy's First Trip to Israel - Planning Thread

[Dan]

@Yaalili can you edit your posts to include hechsheirim? Would be good to have the food suggestions listed with that info.

[yelped]

Erm. Not a joke AFAIK. But Fishy can CMIIW.

https://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=123666.msg2413057#msg2413057

Has to be a joke. I don't accept any other excuses unless you're a Satmarer Chassid. Netirei Karta is a kasha, not a terutz.

[Dan]

Oh my poor poor forehead. It still hasn't healed properly.

Re. 17 Tammuz, fasting on a trip is no fun. Also, if I move up the trip, instead of leaving Sunday I'd need to leave on Wednesday unless I want to end up in Gander for Shabbos (or do I have it all wrong ).

Fasting anywhere is no fun, but in Israel the fast will be over earlier. I don't see any reason to plan around it.
No need to leave Wednesday, just don't arrive within a few hours of Shabbos. Go buy some Hilton certs on DDF and spend your first Shabbos at the Waldorf Jlem.

[Dan]

Has to be a joke. I don't accept any other excuses unless you're a Satmarer Chassid. Netirei Karta is a kasha, not a terutz.

Fishy is Satmar when it's inconvenient for him.

[Yaalili]

@Yaalili can you edit your posts to include hechsheirim? Would be good to have the food suggestions listed with that info.

100%, but I am not sure where to find that information on these sites, besides for Blackout which has Rabbanut Tel Aviv currently (it seems), will edit that one.

[yelped]

Fishy is Satmar when it's inconvenient for him.

Is that always? 

[Dan]

Blackout which has Rabbanut Tel Aviv currently

Please introduce me to meet your Rabbi

[Yaalili]

Please introduce me to meet your Rabbi

Lol! I do not recognize this one from when I was there a few years ago, I actually think they had 2 and 1 was Mehadrin or Mehuderet something.

[Shua]

Definitely rent a car if you are going to go outside of Jerusalem. You can accomplish a lot more that way

Like stated above Ein gedi, masada (would do Sunrise and definitely in the summer!) and dead sea can be done in one day. Ein gedi actually has the the generic one hour hike that everyone does to full day 8 hour hikes (and you will hopefully get lucky and get to see some ibex!)

The bullet factory is really cool and a great off the beaten path stop (central Israel)

Rosh Hanikra is really beautiful and worth a stop. Thats up north literally on the border of Lebanon in the galil

If you are there only one shabbos has to be Jerusalem. For the second shabbos I would say toss up between Tzfat and Chevron.

[Dan]

Definitely need a Chevron/Kever Rochel tour

[Yaalili]

I am expecting Fishy to fly HFA-ETM during these 10 days too, to add both of them to the old list

[EliJelly]

Has to be a joke. I don't accept any other excuses unless you're a Satmarer Chassid. Netirei Karta is a kasha, not a terutz.

Conflating Satmar with Neturei Karta is the joke

[yelped]

Conflating Satmar with Neturei Karta is the joke

That's what I meant. Satmar I can handle, not Netirei Karta.

[Dan]

Where exactly do Satmar chasidim not go?

[Dan]

Arab quarter tour with @satturn is fantastic!
Ramparts walk on the old city walls is a must do as well.

[justaregularguy]

Churva shul - ceiling shud be high enough for you
Best falafel in isreal עופר פלאפל
https://goo.gl/maps/pGG1KKRt3wcaSCoLA
Visit Belz

[EliJelly]

Where exactly do Satmar chasidim not go?

Kosel biggest no no. Chevron/Kever Ruchel although being in the '67 annexation some are more lenient about.

[justaregularguy]

Where exactly do Satmar chasidim not go?

anywhere past the green line (1967 war)

[Dan]

Kosel biggest no no. Chevron/Kever Ruchel although being in the '67 annexation some are more lenient about.

What exactly is considered the Kotel? The entire plaza? The actual prayer area? The tunnels? Is the issue visiting or just davening there?

[aygart]

anywhere past the green line (1967 war)

So not into the old city at all? Malot Dafna? Ramat Shlomo?