Visit Type

Family Visit

Includes an introduction to Torah VeHa'aretz Institute, the Visitors’ Center, and the Garden of Mitzvot.

Families receive a visitor’s packet and tour the garden independently with the guidebook.

Duration: 90–120 minutes

Additional learning options:

• Planting workshop on kilei zera'im
• Film: Clementino the Detective (Underdos) on terumot and ma’aserot (Hebrew with English subtitles)
• Hands-on terumot and ma’aserot workshop
• Hafrashat challah workshop
• Dress-up and photo activity as farmers or pilgrims
• Lectures on the laws of orlah, kilayim, terumot and ma’aserot, or challah

High-school and post-high school students

Field visits: seedling nursery, insect-free vegetable plant, or etrog orchard near Kfar Maimon

Optional nearby sites:

Gush Katif Heritage Center (Nitzan) · Old Nitzanim Memorial  Eucalyptus Grove & Nitzanim Nature Reserve Lachish Park (Ashdod)

Group Visits

(For extended families, communities, rabbis, educators, retirees, and other organized groups)

Each group visit is custom-planned with a dedicated guide.

Duration: 2¼ hours to a full day

A short visit includes:

·        Introduction to Torah Veha'aretz Institute

·         Guided tour of the Visitors’ Center

·         In-depth tour of the Garden of Mitzvot

Optional additions for adult groups:

·         Practical terumot and ma’aserot or challah workshop

·         Lectures on gardening laws, orlah, kilayim, and modern Israeli agriculture

·         Historical lectures on Gush Katif and Kfar Darom

·         Aleh Katif insect-free vegetables factory tour and tasting

·         ODT (outdoor training) programs related to land-dependent mitzvot or Israeli history

·       Walking tours: Old Nitzan (3 hrs), New Nitzan (1½ hrs), or Heroism in the Gaza Envelope (guided tour to Gaza Envelope communities)