Mitch Sohmer Israel Tours

01/07/2024

Hello and good day. Our local community run elementary school is looking for serious people who are interested in impacting & supporting a very special educational initiative in a peripheral community in Israel. Does this sound like you? Or know someone who would be interested? Feel free to message me and/or tag some great people. 🙏🏼 We would like to hold an information session via zoom in the coming month. Thanks in advance 🤍🩵

13/06/2024

A big shout out to my first Taglit group since Oct. 7. You guys brought so much light with you, it was amazing to run around exploring our beautiful homeland together. 🤍✨🩵

It was also super meaningful for me to hear about the current challenges surrounding Jewish life outside of Israel. And even more meaningful to come together and be a free people in our own land.🇮🇱

Thank you all so much for coming specifically NOW to celebrate Jewish life in the best place to do it. I can't think of a more meaningful time to come on birthright🌄

07/02/2024

Dear friends and family, as you know the current situation in Israel is difficult to say the least, and each area in the country faces different security threats. Our Moshav on the border with Egypt is facing immediate challenges, and we are a few generous donations away from acquiring new surveillance technology in order to be properly equipped to face them. Please take a few minutes to make your contribution to the safety of Israel, the peripheral villages, and the Jewish people. 🙏🏼🩵🤍

Dear friends,  In these trying times, Be'er Milka along with all communities in Israel, woke up to a new reality on October 7th. After reassessing our security needs, the Moshav is now conscious

11/10/2023

Exactly a week ago I was guiding up on the temple mount, where the dome of the rock and Al aqsa mosque sit.

Hamas, the despicable terrorist group, would like the world to believe that one of the reasons for the horrifying attack on Israeli civilians this week is because Al Aqsa is under attack. As you can see I'm just fine at the site, that is only open a few hours a day for non-muslims. And has NOT been under attack. This is the same lie Hajj Amin al husseini started spreading years ago to give reason to attack the Jews.

I would also remind you that Hamas rockets have indiscriminately been sent as well to Jerusalem, oh the irony if they hit their 'precious' Al Aqsa.

Don't believe the lies, hamas wants to destroy all Jews, even the ones that sympathize with the Palestinian cause. They want to destroy Israel, America, Canada or whatever is in their way of a sick and twisted type of Islam that has no room in today's world. Don't be fooled for a second into thinking this is tit for tat, that the images we see from this week are what Palestinians deal with daily. As a tour guide in Israel I can tell you that the history of this land goes well beyond Al aqsa, well beyond Islam, even well beyond the day the Romans renamed this land Palestine... do not take the Palestinian 100 year version of the story that ommits the truth of the story of the Jewish people and our homeland.

Israel will defend herself, by any means necessary against barbaric ra**st, murders, blood thirsty baby killers.

Am Israel chai 🇮🇱💪🏻

22/02/2022

Every year around February, Israel's landscape is painted by the blooming of all kinds of wildflowers. In the Western Negev specifically, we get fields carpeted by beautiful red Anemones, in Hebrew 'Calaniot' ♥️ and Israelis go south 🧭 by the masses to see this phenomenon.

The Anemone 🌸 is so popular in Israel it was actually voted in 2013 to be Israel's national flower after the Cyclamen was selected as the national flower in 2007 while participating in a botanical exhibition in China.

With Israeli tourism opening up, hopefully we'll catch them together next year 🤞🏼

☝🏻As the Anemone is a protected flower, none of them were harmed during the 'photo shoot' 😉
#דרוםאדום

15/02/2022

When Itay had his Bar Mitzvah 🎊 at the Kotel, his parents were looking for an alternative venue for their festive lunch during Covid-19... Knowing his parents well, and their love for good food and culture, it was an easy decision to go from a Holy site of prayer 🕍 to a holy site of the Israeli kitchen 🍽️

'Shuq' Mahane Yehuda market is a must for all foodies and those who want to understand what Israeli food is made of. And one of the best ways to do it is by passing up on a sit down meal for a tasting tour in the open air market in the heart of Jerusalem 💛 SWIPE--> to get a "taste" of what's in store for you 😋

📸 Photo cred to super talented Tamar Gov Ari

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20/01/2022

A short blessing for this year's Tu B'Shvat...

"𝑶𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝑻𝒖 𝑩'𝑺𝒉𝒗𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆-𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆 🌳
𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒚𝒆, 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒕 𝒂 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆🍂🍁
𝑨𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒕𝒉, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒇𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒕 🫐
𝑴𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕"

🙌🏼 Tu B'Shvat Sameach 🪴

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📸 Pictured is our favorite Accacia tree in the Nitzana dry riverbed.

07/01/2022

𝙁𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠'𝙨 𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙉𝙖𝙝𝙖𝙡 𝙇𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚. 💦🏜️

A STREAM, from its source in far-off mountains, passing through every kind of countryside, at last reached the sands of the desert. Just as it had crossed every other barrier, the stream tried to cross this one, but it found that as fast as it ran into the sand, its waters disappeared. It was convinced, however, that its destiny was to cross this desert, and yet there was no way.

Now a hidden voice, coming from the desert itself, whispered: 'The Wind crosses the desert, and so can the stream.'

The stream objected that it was dashing itself against the sand, and only getting absorbed: that the wind could fly, and this was why it could cross a desert.

'By hurtling in your own accustomed way you cannot get across. You will either disappear or become a marsh. You must allow the wind to carry you over, to your destination.'

But how could this happen?

'By allowing yourself to be absorbed in the wind. The wind', said the sand, 'performs this function. It takes up water, carries it over the desert, and then lets it fall again. Falling as rain, the water again becomes a river.'

'How can I know that this is true?'

'It is so, and if you do not believe it, you cannot become more than a quagmire, and even that could take many, many years; and it certainly is not the same as a stream.'

'But can I not remain the same stream that I am today?'

You cannot in either case remain so,' the whisper said. 'Your essential part is carried away and forms a stream again.'

And the stream raised his vapour into the welcoming arms of the wind, which gently and easily bore it upwards and along, letting it fall softly as soon as they reached the roof of a mountain, many, many miles away.

And that is why it is said that the way in which the Stream of Life is to continue on its journey is written in the Sands.

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 - 𝑻𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔

𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙗𝙗𝙖𝙩 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙢 💙

25/12/2021

Merry Christmas🎄 from Jerusalem 💛!!!
A little taste of winter warmth around the holidays. Mitch Israel Tours wishes you all a healthy and joyful holiday season... And who knows, maybe we'll celebrate the holidays in the Holy Land together next year 🎇🎀

19/12/2021

The Castel, Castellum Belvoir, is a crucial site in the battles of 1948, specifically for Jerusalem. Once you're up on the historical Crusader mountain fortress 🏰 you can easily identify the old bunkers and main road leading to Jerusalem and see its importance from this vantage point📍

The most significant event occurs in April 1948, as part of Operation Nachshon 💂 to free up the road to Jerusalem, when without knowing it the Israeli guards here took down the Palestinian commander Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni, delivering a huge blow to the Arab forces. The Castel will switch hands a few more times and eventually stay in Israeli hands... This is of course the abbreviated version, for the full story don't miss the site on your next visit to Israel 🇮🇱

09/12/2021

Nahal Havarim, named for the marl chalk we find here, is a beautiful not difficult hike a few minutes away from Kibbutz Sde Boker in the Zin wilderness 🏜️

Along with an ancient water cistern, this is a great place to catch beautiful desert views that become extra special when doing the trail with a full moon 🌕

The Negev is open for exploring, come find yourself in the desert 💛

06/12/2021

When a small team of journalists from France comes to Israel to tell the story of the Ark of the Covenant and the two tablets, we most certainly need to find ourselves at Mount Karkom 🏜️

This incredible site, is not only a really fun and family friendly hike, there are some interesting findings that hint toward the story of the biblical Mount Sinai. For example swipe to the fourth pic for a picture of 12 standing stones and read Exodus 24:4 "𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝑶𝑹𝑫, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒖𝒑 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒔, 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑰𝒔𝒓𝒂𝒆𝒍." Or swipe to the third pic and see if you can identify a possible petroglyph of the Two Tablets divided into 10 squares, as if to speak of the 10 commandments.

Finally, if you are lucky enough to be here on the 21st of December, the shortest day of the year you may have the privilege to witness a phenomenon of the sun's positioning that may be the legendary Burning Bush in the story of Moses. I guess you'll just have to come to the desert to unlock the mysteries 🕵🏻 of Mount Karkom, a cultic ritual site that was active for thousands of years in ancient times 🙌

29/11/2021

HAG SAMEACH!!! It's the most wonderful time of the year 🕎 and you're planning on going south of Be'er Sheva, and you're worried you won't have any 🍩 has us covered with squishy, not too greasy sweet Sufganiyot made in the Negev 🏜️ especially for
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18/04/2021

Check it out 🤩

the residents Ramat HaNegev1
Come and meet the Sohmer family - the newest family of Be'er Milka.

Mitch Sohmer Israel Tours ערן דורון- Eran Doron Itai Divinsky JEWISHcolorado Ruth Malman Holly Sollod JJ Slatkin Josh Yeddis Stefanie Tuzman White מועצה אזורית רמת הנגב מרכז צעירים רמת הנגב

20/10/2020

What does a tour guide do when a pandemic wipes out their profession? This one found himself working on an archaeological conservation project at the beautiful and unique site of Shivta (Subeita) in the Negev desert🏜️

After cancelling up to almost a year's worth of scheduled tours, giving new life to the site has given me so much in return, in fact exactly what I needed. New friends, being outdoors, deeper respect and passion for archaeology and sites, physical work and knowledge of ancient building techniques. It is breathtaking to see the work I've done, knowing it will give the site the strength it needs to withstand another few thousand years. I am now a part of the history of this site!

Want to know more about what we're doing here? Want to come visit and see first hand the work in progress? Don't be shy send me a message and we'll make it happen! 🤠🇮🇱

I can't wait to share Shivta with you, as we explore the Negev and Israel together in the very near future 🤞🏼💙💛