Retreat Center Facilities

OUR FACILITIES
Our beautiful location in the hills of Bat Ayin with their natural wellsprings and ancient caves, serve as a perfect setting for various outdoor activities such as spiritual nature hikes, picnics, hitboddedut and meditating in the field, landscape painting, herbal workshop and musical kumzitz.

ACCOMMODATIONS
We offer 6 sweet apartments each with 2 private rooms and a shared bathroom comprising 12 comfortable, air conditioned/heated rooms for our retreat participants, many featuring stunning views of the beautiful, natural setting. There are additional rooms in our cabins for discount prices as well as places to pitch your tent. In addition, we have another about 6 -10 spaces in the caravans for lower cost. For couples there are innumerable private tzimmer for rent in Bat Ayin community.

RETREAT FACILITY INCLUDES

  • Multipurpose arts healing space, or as we referred to it – The Yurt. Perfect space for movement, meditation, food demonstrations, and much more.

  • Kosher Well Equipped Vegetarian Communal Kitchen
  • A classroom that can host 20 people
  • Beit Midrash room that can hold up to 30 people
  • Extensive library stocked with a unique collection of Torah books, for your enrichment
  • Peaceful Salomon’s Song Garden with benches for prayer and meditation
  • Herbal gardens
  • Campfire circles
  • Outdoor benches and gathering areas
  • Sukkah Structure
  • Greenhouse and chicken coop
  • Dining hall and Classroom
  • WIFI service in the communal areas

ADDITIONAL SERVICES IN BAT AYIN

  • Soulful Carlebach style tefilah (prayer service) and a choice of synagogues including Chabad, Breslev, Carlebach and Sephardi
  • Choice of Arts and Crafts facility with ceramics studio
  • Basketball Court
  • Various arts & craft vendors and jewelers
  • Makolet – grocery store (minimart) with homemade salads and spreads
  • Gemach – 2nd hand clothing store
  • Goat Milk Products – Fragin and Laderman families
  • Kupat Cholim Leumit – Health Care Center
  • Alternative female healers, such as massage and shiatsu therapists, reflexologists, herbalists, spiritual healers, private meditative movement teachers, spiritual healers and more.

ADDITIONAL SERVICES IN GUSH ETZION

  • Indoor swimming pool/gym with separate hours for women 5 min drive from our facility
  • Various restaurants from inexpensive humus bar, pizza and coffee shops to fancy winery, dairy or meat restaurants.
  • Health-food stores | vegetable markets |supermarkets | Super Stock – more than a dollar store with kitchen supplies, paper goods, hair accessories and more | Cameleon – women’s clothes (Bat Ayin style) | Naot – orthopedic shoes & camping equipment| hobby store /art supplies | appliances | cellphone store | and more…