Spend Pesach 2022 in the Harei Yehuda, Israel

Zvi Lapian’s Pesach Program at the Neve Ilan Hotel, Jerusalem Hills, Israel

Passover 2022 religious family program near Jerusalem, with facilities and activities for all the family.

The Neve Ilan Hotel

This stunning recently upgraded 172-room hotel is built on four floors with extensive gardens and panoramic views of the Jerusalem Hills. It is one of three highly professionally-run C-Hotels set in rural locations around Israel, and their expert management team will be supported by Zvi Lapian’s own event management team.

Convenient Location

Neve Ilan is a peaceful village located near Route 1 and close to Telz Stone, Bet Shemesh and Jerusalem. It’s the ideal pastoral location with easy access to Jerusalem and the surrounding area for Chol Hamoed activities, with a frequent bus service to Jerusalem.

If you would like to visit the hotel to see for yourself its beautiful setting and excellent facilities, please contact us to arrange a visit.

Designed for Families

Neve Ilan has the most amazing Kid’s Club, equipped with toys for every age group including the latest computer games! During Pesach we will also have babysitters and madrichim running children’s activities every day.
The hotel is configured conveniently for families with many adjoining bedrooms, family suites and garden rooms. There are options for private Family Sedarim including rooms adjoining hotel bedrooms (available on a first-come, first-served basis).  The hotel’s spacious Bet Knesset adjoins the gardens with additional options for outdoor seating.

The Perfect Pesach Vacation

With a full week of Chol Hamoed in 2022, guests at the Neve Ilan Hotel will be well-placed to enjoy all the attractions that Israel has to offer. The hotel is located within easy reach of all the main tourist attractions in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, situated on the main Route 1 highway connecting these two cities. We will provide a full program of activities for children, plus daily entertainment for all the family.

Our guests will have access to the olympic-size swimming pool and sauna in the nearby Neve Ilan Country Club, with use of the gym by arrangement.

Since Pesach ends on Friday, we will extend our program into Shabbat Isru Chag, giving you 8 days of relaxation and enjoyment! On Shabbat and Chag we will enjoy stimulating shiurim and lectures in English and Hebrew from our scholars in residence. Sumptuous Yom Tov meals will be served on Shabbat and Chag (full board is included in our pricing) with breakfast and dinner served every day during Chol Hamoed.

All meals will be Glatt Kosher Mehadrin under Rabbanut Mateh Yehuda and Gebrochts using Shmura matza meal, with Shmura Matza provided for the Sedarim. We will do our best to accommodate other special dietary requests.

Zvi Lapian’s Pesach Promise

For the past 20 years – 10 years at the Dead Sea and 10 years at Kfar Giladi – Zvi Lapian’s Pesach experience has been characterized by the quality of its program. Combining serious high-level lectures and shiurim with fun-filled, cutting-edge entertainment, our acclaimed Pesach program has become the focus of conversations at Shabbat tables around the world. We take care of every detail and our event managers are on hand to ensure that everything runs smoothly.

Zvi Lapian's pesach programs -- we set the standard.

What Our Customers Have to Say

Varda and Izzy Meller wrote:

"Our thanks once again for a wonderful Pessach experience with Platinum Tours and the Lapian family at the Meridien Hotel in Yam Hamelech... we felt that we were at a very elegant hotel with a large extended family. You and your family's attention to so many planned details and almost immediate response to any requests not on the program made us feel very heimish...it was so interesting meeting people from all over the world...we really enjoyed the diverse and exciting program which Esther planned. Rabbi Sack's Sheurim were particularly inspiring and thought provoking...the food was superb and the service really fine."

"Thank you for a wonderful Pessach seder and chag. We really enjoyed ourselves...we have spread the word. Please keep us on your list for future events."

Jeff Astrof contacted us with this message:

Once again, congratulations on an amazing Pessach program! The highlights were the outstanding food, top quality entertainment (i.e. Marc Salem and especially the kids programming)...we will highly recommend your program to our friends."

Judy and Jerry Fishman wrote:

"We can say without reservation that our overall experience was excellent. Your program provides fine variety and presentations for your guests...on a par with the programs we have attended in the U.S. from 1986 through 2005...all in all our family had a wonderful time."

"...so we had this idea to get the whole family together and, with Platinum travel, spend Pesach in the staggering beauty of the Dead Sea. One decision which changed the lives of all forty of us. We rediscovered ourselves, re-acquainted ourselves with cousins, uncles and aunts. Enjoyed the fun of each other's children and all this under the tender loving supervision of everyone's favourite family - Zvi and Esther Lapian. Six years later we have not missed a Pesach with Platinum Travel."