Year at a Glance

CALENDAR
 2011-2012

subject to change

Monday, August 29, 2011 Group flight leaves from JFK
Tuesday, August 30 Orayta Program begins
Sunday, October 9 - Friday, October 28 Succot Break
Friday, October 28 Must be back in dorms before Shabbat
October 30 - 31 2-day trip to the Golan
Tuesday, December 20 Possible Optional Tiyul for Family Retreat
Wednesday, Dec.21 - Motzei Shabbat, Dec.24 Annual Orayta Family Retreat #1 (Parents' Trip)
Sunday, Dec.25 - Wednesday, Dec.28 Chanukah Break
December 28 Return Monday night by curfew
Tuesday, January 24 Possible Optional Tiyul for Family Retreat
Wednesday, Jan.25 - Motzei Shabbat, Jan.28 Annual Orayta Family Retreat #2 (Parents' Trip)
Thursday, March 8 Purim
March 23 -24 IN Shabbat
March 24, Motzei Shabbat Earliest anyone can leave
Sunday, March 25 - Monday, April 16 Passover Break
Monday night, April 16 Return to dorms by Monday night
Tuesday, April 17 Zman(program) resumes
Thursday, April 19 Yom HaShoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day
Wednesday, April 25 Yom HaZikaron (Israel Memorial Day)
Thursday, April 26 Yom Ha'Atzmaut (Israel Independence Day)
Thursday, May 10 Lag b'Omer
Thursday, May 20 Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day)
Sunday, May 27 Shavuot
June 1 - 3 Tzvat Shabbaton
Tuesday Night, June 5, 2012 Orayta Program ends (we require that all students stay until Tuesday evening)
Thursday Night, June 7, 2012 Dorms Close (Health Insurance ends)

 

* Dorms remain open (except for Chag and Shabbat Chol Hamoed),without food.
We will assist students with home hospitality for Shabbat and Yom Tov.

 

 

 
 
   

 

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