The journey is a powerful tool for strengthening the unit and its cohesion, deepening the soldiers' connection to their heritage, clarifying their role and mission, and providing them with valuable and practical tools for fulfilling this role. On this journey, we will uncover the dilemmas and decisions that shape our society. We will travel around the country, exploring its landscapes and stories. At every turn, we will encounter inspiring figures and various challenges from the past and present. These experiences will be linked to dilemmas relevant to the IDF and questions of existence in Israeli society, its common ground, and internal disputes.

The educational journey is a multi-day activity model that includes a variety of activities: hiking, heritage sites, lectures, workshops, and more. All of these create an informal social and dialogical space that facilitates a deep and meaningful experience. The connection between the content, the method, the social interaction, and the country's trails creates a holistic and interdisciplinary experience – one that allows participants to undergo an educational process and acquire values and concepts that serve as tools for dealing with everyday dilemmas in our country.

The journey places participants and our reality on the longitudinal axis of the Jewish people and on the transverse axis of Israeli society, thereby helping to strengthen their identity and responsibility toward the State of Israel and the Israel Defense Forces.

During the journey, there is ongoing cooperation between the unit commanders and the Ma'or instructors.

The educational journey is the result of a process of planning, refinement, and development in close collaboration between the unit and HaMeorer, so that the experiences on the journey will reflect the unique reality of the soldiers and commanders in the unit and meet their actual needs.

Each journey consists of three content divisions, including conceptual-values content and a personal-group process:

• Jewish heritage and tradition and the ideological roots of the Jewish people
• The Beginnings of Zionism and the Core Values of the IDF
• Israeli society and the challenges of the present

Each segment of the trip can last between one and three days, depending on the unit's decision, and take place in northern Israel, southern Israel, or the central region/Jerusalem.

Jewish heritage and tradition and the ideological roots of the Jewish people

This division emphasizes in-depth familiarity with biblical stories, Jewish sources, and heritage sites that express the cultural and spiritual roots of the Jewish people. Through trips, tours, performances, and experiential learning, we will connect to our past and our shared story and ask questions. What makes us a nation? How has our history shaped us? What dilemmas and tensions have accompanied the Jewish people since its inception, and what similarities exist between then and now?

Personal-group process: Forming and strengthening personal bonds within the group through experiences in nature, while raising questions about the participants' personal motivations and identities.

north: Upper Galilee Streams | Ancient Gamla | Ancient Katzrin | Beit She'arim | Safed | Ketef Shaul | Keshet Cave | Tel Dan | Nimrod Fortress

Center/Jerusalem: Masada | Ein Gedi | Mount Sodom | Judean Desert Streams | Old Jerusalem

South: Nahal HaNegev | Tel Sheva | Tel Arad | Ein HaBesor | Horvat Ma'on

The Beginnings of Zionism and the Core Values of the IDF

In this division, participants embark on a journey tracing the beginnings of Zionism, exemplary figures, and struggles for settlement and security, while connecting to the values of the IDF. The tours combine significant stops in Zionist history and enable personal and group processing of the values of mission, responsibility, and defense of the homeland.

Personal-group process: Strengthening the group's ideological cohesion by connecting to a shared Zionist identity and the roots of IDF identity, along with exploring the participants" personal choices based on these roots.

north: Fortress of Power | Tel Hai | Kinneret Courtyard | Yad La'ad | Mount Bental | Beit Shitman | Beit Hankin | Kibbutz Hanita | Mount Adir | Palmach Cave

Center/Jerusalem: “From Vision to Reality” and “Shaping Decisions” tours in Tel Aviv | Castel | Har Adar and Kiryat Anavim | Khan Sha’ar HaGai | Dead Sea Works | Ras Mukhalal | Mount Herzl

South: Mitzpe Revivim | Negev Monument | Negba | Old Nitzanim | Yad Mordechai | Black Arrow

Israeli society and the challenges of the present

This section is dedicated to direct encounters with diverse communities in Israel, with current controversies and their expression in the IDF, and with the current reality in light of the ”Iron Swords“ war. We will delve into the social and cultural complexity of the country and meet social activists who are trying, in their own way, to build a shared future from the present. Through honest and in-depth dialogue, participants will address questions of identity, partnership, solidarity, and the challenges of defense and Zionism in our time.

Personal-group process: Connecting with the different identities within the group/unit and expanding the ability of people from different backgrounds to serve together. Personally addressing questions about leadership in Israeli society today and acquiring tools and perspective for this leadership role.

North – Cultural diversity tour in Haifa | Meeting with residents of the Galilee Panhandle | Peki'in | Helicopter disaster memorial | Police station in the Arab sector | Kibbutz HaMachanayim in Barvid | Mitzpe Baniya

Center/Jerusalem – Tour of Controversial Sites in Jerusalem | Tour of the Temple Mount | Tour of an Ultra-Orthodox Neighborhood in Jerusalem/Bnei Brak

South – Tour of Sderot/Western Negev and meeting with residents | Tour of Mitzpe Ramon | Negev Technology Innovation Park | Mindset in Yeruham | IDF transition to the Negev

Additional workshops and activities to be incorporated into the journey

Command Tools Workshops

• Social resilience – Learning about the components that contribute to social resilience and acquiring tools to enhance them within the unit.
• State command in a diverse society – Clarifying the role of the commander in realizing the value of statehood in a society composed of diverse audiences and in light of polarization trends. Peer learning about the ways and means of dealing with these challenges in the unit.
• Informal tools in command – What are the visible and hidden spaces where command takes place? How can we learn to see what is happening beneath the surface? How can we influence our subordinates in a profound way? Informal education provides command tools that assist the commander, complementing formal authority. In this workshop, we will acquire tools and conduct simulations for practice.
• Trust-building tools – Developing dialogue between commanders and subordinates, providing tools to strengthen trust and increase unit cohesion, and peer learning on the subject.
• Tools for creating a command-educational discourse – How can educational and values-based discourse be integrated into the unit's daily routine, even when dealing with complex issues? How can a command-based, values-based approach to current events be developed? By reflecting on the unit's daily routine and learning from peers, we will identify educational opportunities arising from the unit's daily routine.
• The Educator Commander – What is the place of this concept in today's IDF? Through the concept of "mission-oriented education," we will learn how the concept of the "educating commander" can benefit the unit's core missions. 
• Strengths and learning from successes – A workshop for commanders that strengthens leadership by identifying patterns of success and positive leadership. Participants learn how to turn successes into management, educational, and value tools within the team.
  
• Who is a hero? – A workshop dealing with the concepts of courage and heroism, through stories from October 7.
• Mission across generations – Examining our personal and shared heritage, from which we embark on our command mission, and our role as another link in the chain.

Team building and cultural activities

• The Caravan Project – a performance by a professional musical ensemble of musicians and educators from the Dror Israel movement, which aims to connect people and communities through the unifying power of Israeli music.