By invitation only
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August 1-7, 2018
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THE EARLY YEARS EXPERIENCE
August 1-7, 2018
כ'-כ"ו מנחם אב תשע"ח
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This summer, join an exclusive VIP journey through the sites and pivotal moments of the Rebbe’s early life.
Based on the exhaustive, years-long, worldwide research project conducted for the Early Years book, experience first-hand the remarkable “inside story” of the Rebbe’s childhood and youth, which will include never-before seen footage, documents, and insights. Visit the locations where the events transpired, accompanied by experts who will share unknown details of the Rebbe’s early life, and farbrengers who will bring home its meaning to you today.
The tour includes five-star travel, accommodations and meals.
Return home with relevant, tangible, inspiration and life-lessons to be applied in your own life, which will serve as a springboard to help you share the incredible inspiration with others.
• Exclusive access
• Behind the scenes insights
• Learn from the experts
• Travel by private jet
• Luxurious accommodation
• Farbrengens and inspiration.
• Gourmet meals
About the Trip
Pursuant to JEM’s years-long research project on the Rebbe’s formative years and the publication of the landmark Early Years book, a group of key JEM supporters envisioned this high-end experience, featuring JEM’s trademark mix: The highest quality of historical accuracy and spirituality, delivered in a beautiful “package.”
The one-week trip to the places and events of the Rebbe’s childhood promises to be the experience of a lifetime.
SCHOLARS IN RESIDENCE
Rabbi Leibel Schapiro
Rabbi Leibel Schapiro is the respected dean of the Landow Yeshivah of Miami Beach, a shliach in Florida, and a noted Talmudist and lecturer. He has delivered lectures to audiences over the past three decades, and has produced a 200-tape collection of recorded lectures on a vast variety of subjects.
As Rabbi Schapiro joins the trip, he brings a unique perspective to the events of the Rebbe’s early life: His maternal grandfather, Rabbi Zalman Vilenkin, served as the Rebbe’s cheder melamed. Rabbi Schapiro will share insights into the Rebbe’s childhood and will deliver fascinating classes on topic related to our trip.
Nikolayev
Thursday, August 2, 2018 – כ"א מנחם אב
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Learn the enthralling story of the Rebbe’s ancestors’ move to Nikolayev
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Visit the house where the Rebbe was born, and the location of his bris.
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Top musicians will perform a beautiful medley of Nikolyever nigunim
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Learn of the city’s influence on the Rebbe, and of his relationship with his grandparents.
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Tour of the Andarta neighborhood, the streets of the Rebbe’s childhood.
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Join the city’s mayor and Nikolayev’s Jewish community for a festive ceremony, where a major street in the city will be proudly renamed Schneerson Prospect.
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Experience an introspective moment in the cellar where, as a young boy, the Rebbe consoled terrified Jewish mothers and children as they hid from a bloodthirsty mob.
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Touch and examine original documents on the Rebbe’s family stored today in government archives, including the Rebbe’s original birth certificate.
Dnipro
A thriving Jewish city of the past, Dnepropetrovsk is currently experiencing a resurgence of Jewish life. Visit the sites where the Rebbe grew up, studied, and held his first leadership position, and where as a young man he experienced his first confrontations with the communists.
Friday, August 3, 2018 – כ"ב מנחם אב
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Pray at the synagogue of Rabbi Levi Yitzchok, located in the Jewish community he led for thirty-five years.
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Visit the house where the Rebbe’s Bar Mitzvah took place, and from where Rebbetzin Chana led relief efforts during World War One.
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Learn in the cheder where the Rebbe and his brothers learned with Reb Zalman Vilenkin.
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Dance at the site where the Rebbe experienced hakofos in his childhood, as Rabbi Levi Yitzchak danced with throngs of Dnipro’s non-religious Jews.
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Visit the synagogue where the Rebbe was appointed rabbi at just seventeen years of age.
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The location of the jail where Rabbi Levi Yitzchok was first held in captivity after his arrest.
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Explore of the Rebbe’s relationships with prominent anti-religious figures who grew up beside him,
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Learn of the Rebbe’s first clashes with anti-religious, communist youth
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Cruise along the Dnieper River on a private craft.
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Enjoy a tasty lunch at a magnificent Dacha estate located on an island down the river.
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Enjoy the world-famous Tsunami spa.
Shabbat, August 4, 2018 – כ"ג מנחם אב
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Enjoy a festive and uplifting Shabbos in the city of the Rebbe’s youth.
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Shabbos will be led by leading orators and scholars. Participate in moving farbrengens and mesmerising presentations. Travel behind-the-scenes of events of the Rebbe’s youth, hearing his own commentary on these times.
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Experience a walking tour of the sites of the Rebbe’s childhood.
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On Motzaei Shabbos, enjoy an exclusive trip to the Jewish Museum, and watch a moving play by locals based on the life of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak. End the day with a grand Melave Malka program, hosted by Rabbi Shmuel Kaminetzky, Shliach and Chief Rabbi of Dnepropetrovsk.
Almaty
Fly by private jet to Almaty, Kazakhstan. Experience a deeply-moving visit to the resting place of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, the Rebbe’s father, where he was interred in Soviet imposed exile, thousands of miles from his family and home.
Sunday, August 5, 2018 – כ"ד מנחם אב
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Write personal requests for blessings before visiting Rabbi Levi Yitzchak’s hallowed resting place.
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Witness from its physical layout, his actual grave is unmistakable testament to his extreme self-sacrifice on behalf of his people.
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“My father sacrificed himself for Judaism in Russia, and he even remains there, in exile to this day, together with some of his followers. This is similar to the Midrash’s statement about Moses, the faithful shepherd, who remained in the desert together with his generation, because a true Jewish leader ‘does not leave his flock’ and he will return together with them.”
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Learn the story of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak’s clandestine burial.
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Be privy to the deeply personal statement the Rebbe made regarding his separation from his father, and the lengths to which he later went to ensure his father’s resting place would have a respectable marker for future visitors.
S. Petersburg
The stunning imperial capital of the Russian czars. St. Petersburg is a bustling metropolis with a rich Lubavitch history, having been visited by every one of the seven Lubavitcher Rebbes.
Pivotal to this journey is the location where the Rebbe first spent long hours with the sixth Rebbe as his future-son-in-law, and where he later served as his personal aide. The events of summer 1927 were defining moments in the evolution of Lubavitch today.
Monday, August 6-7, 2018 – כ"ה-כ"ו מנחם אב
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A stunning welcome at the Grand Choral Synagogue. Breakfast and an orientation with Shliach and Chief Rabbi Mendel Pewzner.
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Receive a briefing on the Rebbe’s history with the city, by Chabad historian and archivist Rabbi Nissan Ruppo.
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Learn of the apartment that the Rebbe shared with his brother Leibel. View a presentation of fascinating documents, photographs, and not-publicly-known stories; gaining insight into the Rebbe’s youngest brother, Leibel.
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Learn of the Rebbe’s encounter with a non-Jewish professor , and the way in which it informed Lubavitch’s interactions with non-Jews to this day.
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Visit the storied history of the Previous Rebbe’s legendary Leningrad apartment on Machovaya 22.
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Learn of Rebbe’s mother’s secret visit to Leningrad to meet the Previous Rebbe, to arrange the Rebbe’s match for marriage with Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka.
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Visit the Hermitage, a royal palace of the czars.
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Enter the Peter-Paul Fortress, where the Alter Rebbe was famously interred.
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Experience a “Farbrengen on the Neva,” an awe-inspiring farbrengen-cruise down the stunning Neva River during St. Petersburg’s spectacular summer “White Nights.”
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