Marva

• About the Program
• Costs and Payment
• Marva Contact Us
• Registration Process
• Sample Itinerary
• What to Bring

Sample Itinerary

This is the general schedule for the Marva Program. Changes (including the order of the weeks and the free weekends) may occur!!!

Week One: Introduction

• Getting to know the rules and army discipline
• Getting to know all the staff members
• Military hike
• Weapon training and a shooting range
• Sports test
• Spend Shabbat in the base

Week Two: Field Training

• Military hike to the field
• Building tent encampment
• Sleeping in tents in field conditions
• Learn how to live like a soldier in the field
• Camouflage and training exercises (night and day)
• Free Shabbat

Week Three: North

• Tour sites and bases in the north
• Learn about Israeli military history
• Spend Shabbat in the base

Week Four: South

• Tour sites in the south
• Navigate in the field in small groups
• Free Shabbat

Week Five: Sports

• Intense physical training
• Obstacle courses
• Krav Maga
• Spend Shabbat in the base

Week Six: Combat

• Spending the whole week with experienced combat soldiers
• Military training exercise
• Lectures and training with combat soldiers
• Shooting range with heavy weaponry
• Krav Maga
• Free Shabbat

Week Seven: Jerusalem

• Touring in Jerusalem
• Yad VaShem museum
• Spend Shabbat in the base

Week Eight: Summation

• Conversation with the base commander
• Sports test
• Ceremony rehearsals
• Ending lessons
• Ending ceremony

Throughout the Course:

• Sports training
• Duties as: guards, cleaning the kitchen
• Lessons about: wars, history, ethics, conflicts

On free weekends participants will be released on Friday before Shabbat and brought to Tel Aviv, and will be required to report back to the program on Sunday morning.

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