The Shvil HaSanhedrin is the brainchild of veteran archaeologist and guide Dr. Chagi Amitzur
Photos: Menachem Kalish
Hike to a Higher Place
If Minnesota is the Land of 10,000 Lakes, Rwanda is the Country of a Thousand Hills, and if Boro Park is the Zone of 100 Pizza Shops, Eretz Yisrael is the Land of 5,000 Trails.
While there are amazing places to see all over the world, only in Eretz Yisrael does one get a mitzvah for every four amos one walks (which I try to remind kvetchy tourists about if a hike seems too long). There are trails for all types of hikers: There’s the Shvil Yisrael, a 1,000-kilometer north-south hike from Tel Dan to Eilat, and the shorter west-east Yam L’Yam trail from the Mediterranean Sea to the Kinneret. There are bike, jeep, horse and even camel trails all over the country. Yet until recently a trail that could connect and educate Jews of all backgrounds was lacking. That changed in 2018 with the introduction of the Shvil HaSanhedrin, the brainchild