Highlights: 

• Wednesday or Thursday check-in (your choice) 

• Nature walks, guided hikes

• Traditional Thanksgiving meal

• British breakfasts & Shakshuka Sunday

• Full Yidz Inn Shabbos experience (see below) 

• Guided tour to Alto Clay Works with newly-acclaimed Israeli potter

• Optional  - World-class zipline tour through the Shawnee National Forest, or

• Optional - Alpaca farm tour, feed the alpacas

• Optional - Kosher country picnics to go

• All meals are available when ordered in advance

• Late Monday and optional Tuesday checkout available 

All weekends include the Yidz Inn Shabbos Special: 

Candle lighting and kiddush, home-baked challah and traditional Shabbos meals using locally sourced organic produce and fresh frozen kosher meats.

Shabbos breakfast includes oatmeal yogurt parfait with fresh fruit in season, vegetable frittata and pastries. A Shabbos hot water urn is available for tea and coffee, and there is a guest refrigerator in the Tea Room.

Options for a guided nature walk near the property. Books and board games.

Guests are invited to a mid-day fish and meat cholent lunch, a light seudah shlishit, and a melave malka kumzitz.  

Wednesday or Thursday (optional) check-in:

• Arrive early and unwind with tea and cake, or maybe hot soup simmering on the wood stove, enjoy a book, take a nature stroll.

Thursday: 

• Arrive early and unwind before the Thankgsiving meal at 4PM

Friday: 

• Full British cooked breakfast with kosher beef bacon, Jerusalem sausage, fresh farm eggs, grilled tomatoes, sauteed mushrooms from a local farm, baked beans, and roasted potatoes. With pastries.

• Choose from several local nature walks and hikes or book a specific activity (see below).

• Candlelighting at 4:21PM, followed by kiddush and evening meal.

Shabbos (Saturday): 

• Breakfast includes oatmeal, plant-based .yogurt & fresh seasonal fruit parfait, frittata, and pastries, with Shabbat water urn available for coffee and tea

• Guided nature trail walk and quiet time for davening, to spend with family, friends, with books, magazines, puzzles and divrei Torah.

• Traditional lunch with fish, cholent, salads, and home-baked challah.

• Light seudah shlishit (fruits, cakes, cookies) before sunset.

• Melave Malka kumzitz.

Sunday: 

• Shakshuka breakfast with fresh homemade bread and veggie sides. 

• Visit the rewowned Alto Clay Works for their fall pottery show featuring newly-acclaimed Israeli artist. 

Monday:

• Relaxed breakfast and woodland views.

• Activities available when booked in advance (see below).

• Optional late Monday or Tuesday checkout

🚗 Travel Info:

 The Yidz Inn is within five hours driving distance from five neighboring states:

📍 2 hrs from St Louis, MO 

📍 2.5 hrs from Nashville, TN 

📍 3.5 hrs from central Missouri 

📍 5 hrs from Alabama, Arkansas, or Chicago 

✈️ 1-hr flight from Chicago O’Hare to Marion, IL (pickup available) 

🚆 Amtrak to Carbondale station (pickup available) 

🛻 STL Airport pickup/drop-off may be arranged upon request 

❗Cancellation Policy: 

Cancel 7+ days before: ✅ Full refund 

Cancel 3–6 days before: 🔁 50% refund Cancel 

<3 days before: ❌ Non-refundable