Havruta passover EVE
Naot Smadar
It is a tradition for years that we hold a festive Seder together with extended families across generations. Three days with a fine holiday meal based on pure vegetarian and vegan dishes. This year we will be hosting the event for the second time at Naot Smadar, in a unique and relaxing environment, with a small number of families.
Take a family time out, with a welcoming team that provides parents, children, and youth with support and release for a few days, in a temporary community with enriching content.
Three days of quiet from all the chaos in our country, to travel to the pastoral desert to enjoy being together as a family and community. With content for children, youth and adults that deals with getting to know the desert nature, organic farming, art and stars. With fine vegetarian meals for all days at Naot Smadar, which is a community kibbutz.
At the Seder meal, the menu will be festive and special, each family will have their own table decorated for the holiday and served for your enjoyment. The meals on all days of the stay will be kosher for Passover.
About Havruta
Havruta is a unique concept that has been taking place for over 10 years during the Jewish holidays in Moa. Last year, we moved the Havruta hosting to Naot Smadar and we enjoy a small, intimate Havruta, with high-value workshops tailored to the content that the kibbutz can offer as a collective community. We will be together as families, parents and children, as a community for a few days, in a place that is all about nature and organic farming. The workshops will be designed for ages 5-16 (if there are children under 4, talk to us and we will think together) and will deal with community, organic farming, art, nature and astronomy. There will be workshops for parents such as yoga or tai chi every morning and discussion meetings and joining the workshops together with the children to enjoy them. We will be with the children, gather them and bring them quality and engaging workshops that will connect them to themselves, to nature, and to the community.
In hosting, we will ask and try to be screen-free in public spaces, as nature and disconnecting from cell phones and television gives us an easier and quieter starting point. (No need to tell the children beforehand
). We really ask that you come with an open mind.
We will hold most of the workshops together with members of the Naot Smadar community, and we will be able to experience life in a community space through learning, listening, and action within the framework of social hospitality.
There is a possibility of staying overnight the day before or after the workshop for an additional 600 NIS per room and 1000 NIS per cabin (without meals and upon request)
About Naot Smadar
The Havruta will take place at the Naot Smadar hospitality center, which offers the tranquility of the magical beauty of the desert within beautiful ecological rooms, with green corners, lovingly tended and a connection to the powerful nature that surrounds the place. The quiet expanse of the desert together with the beauty of the hospitality center greatly support our ability to let go of the stresses of everyday life and free up time to enjoy and relax together with the family. The beautiful conditions of the place, surrounded by a vast desert, provide ideal conditions for a holiday.
There is a small pool facing nature that can be enjoyed at the full responsibility of the guests.
The drive from Tel Aviv takes about three hours, the drive is via Mitzpe Ramon (we will give recommendations for places to eat in Mitzpe Ramon) or via the Arava (a little longer).
Kibbutz Naot Smadar is Located in the southern Negev above the Arava, the kibbutz was established in 1989 with the intention of creating a learning community in which questions about the state of humans in the world would be examined in practice through relationships, action and observation.
Naot Smadar was established from a fascinating journey of research and observation, and is examined daily in the shared life and joint action of members who live permanently and volunteers. The workshop complex is located near the kibbutz itself in a secluded and quiet area overlooking the magnificent Edom Mountains.
Dining in the Havruta
The meals for the entire stay will be managed and cooked by a kitchen team from the desert with a local team, the food will be excellent, with vegetarian and vegan dishes. the menu includes a very wide variety of dishes based on fresh and seasonal ingredients, which will be made with creativity and love, with special attention to dishes that children will also love to eat. We are open and sensitive to the issue of food for children or adults with allergies.
The holiday meal will be served on tables with tablecloths that will be laid out in a festive manner for each family. The first courses and the blessing plate will be on the tables. The Seder reading will be conducted individually or as a group, we will decide together. Special main courses with flavors of home and holiday will be served in a buffet and of course wonderful last courses.
Clarification: Each additional child or guest over the age of 15, in addition to the parents, will be considered an adult and there will be an additional charge of 250 NIS for meals.
ההרשמה לריטריט הסתיימה, מוזמנים להירשם לרשימת המתנה בסוג חדר בו אתם מעוניינים. תודה
Types of accommodation in Naot Smadar
Accommodation prices include two nights at Naot Smadar, a special Seder dinner and production, workshops and 5 fine vegetarian meals for all days of the stay. Possibility of staying the day before or after the Havruta for an additional price of 600 NIS per room or 1000 NIS per cabin (upon request, meals must be ordered separately).
Guest room for a couple or couple + child or parent + 2 children
The accommodation buildings are built with local mud and solar power system. The room has air conditioning, toilet and shower, with 2 single beds or a twin bed and an extra mattress, refrigerator and heater.
Price per couple or parent + child for the entire stay: 4,800 NIS
Additional mattress and stay for a child: 750 NIS
2 adjoining guest rooms for a family with 2-4 children
2 adjoining guest houses built with local mud, each room has air conditioning, a toilet and shower, and a twin bed or 2 beds and a mattress (there are 2 rooms with a connecting door), a refrigerator and a heater in each room.
Price for a family of up to 2 children: 6,400 NIS
Additional mattress and stay for a child: 750 NIS
A large mud yurt cabin for a family with 2-4 children
A large mud yurt cabin for a family with 2-4 children
Price for a family of up to 2 or 3 children: 6,700 NIS
Additional mattress and stay for a child: 750 NIS
Photos from previous workshops
Register for the workshop below.
Payment and registration terms
To register for the Havruta, click on the registration form below and fill it out.
If you have any comments or questions, you are welcome to write at the end of the form.
After your place is confirmed, you will be sent an email with a link to pay for your accommodation with the option of up to 5 interest-free payments.
Cancelation policy
During this period, in the event of cancellation of the Havruta due to security reasons, a full refund will be given less registration fees, office expenses and production of 200 NIS per family.
In the event of a family or personal emergency (at the production’s discretion). We will assist in everything necessary to find a replacement family or a refund of the accommodation price less registration fees.
Standard cancellation policy:
Cancellation up to a 2 month and a half before the event, 350 NIS will be charged
Cancellation between a 2 month and one month before the event, will be charged 700 NIS
Cancellation between one month to two weeks to a week before the event, a cancellation fee of 1500 shekel will be charged,
Cancellation between 2 weeks to a week to the day of the event, the half price of the event will be charged. and one week before cancelation is full price of the hosting.
Possibility of finding a family in your place at any time. The production team will assist.
Workshop Registration Form
Havruta hosting and Seder night in Naot smadar
April 1-3 – Wednesday to Friday
Fill in the details and we will contact you according to the room inquiries and send you a link to make the payment. The registration form does not reserve your place. Only after the payment is transferred will your place be finally confirmed. Thank you