
🍁 Oct 23-27•SOLD OUT
Experience the golden glory of Southern Illinois in late October, when the forest explodes in color and the trails are crisp and inviting. This special weekend features sunset river kayaking, ziplining through the Shawnee forest, and a warm Shabbos of gourmet meals, camaraderie, and menucha.
What's Included:
Thursday or Friday check-in (your choice)
British breakfasts & Shakshuka Sunday
Guided sunset river kayaking in the Cache Wetlands
Full gourmet Shabbos experience (see below)
World-class ziplining through the Shawnee National Forest
Late Monday checkout available
All weekends include the Yidz Inn Shabbos Special:
Candle lighting and kiddush, home-baked challah and full gourmet kosher Shabbos meals prepared by Israeli chefs Yogev Levy & Keren Yaari, using locally sourced organic produce and fresh frozen kosher meats.
Shabbos breakfast includes oatmeal yogurt parfait with fresh fruit in season, frittata and pastries. A Shabbos hot water urn is available for tea and coffee, and there is a guest refrigerator in the Tea Room.
Guests are invited to a mid-day fish and meat cholent lunch, a light seudah shlishit, and a melave malka kumzitz with hand-baked cholov yisroel pizza from our outdoor wood-fired oven.
Thursday (optional early check-in):
Arrive early and unwind with tea and cake, a book, nature stroll or even a massage (booked in advance)
Thursday guided sunset kayaking tour through the Cache Wetlands
Friday:
Full British cooked breakfast with kosher beef bacon, Jerusalem sausage, fresh farm eggs, grilled tomatoes, sauteed mushrooms from a local mushroom farm, baked beans, and roasted potatoes. With pastries
Choose from several local nature walks, forest hike or zipline tour
Candlelighting at 5:49PM, followed by kiddush and evening meal
Shabbos (Saturday):
Buffet breakfast includes oatmeal, 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 with hand-baked cholov yisroel pizza from the wood-fired outdoor oven
Sunday:
Shakshuka breakfast with fresh homemade bread and veggie sides.
Zipline tour through the Shawnee National Forest
Evening meal features Soup Supper heated on the wood stove
Monday:
Relaxed breakfast and woodland views
Optional late 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
“We could not get enough of your tea and cake:) It was the best retreat we could have asked for." - Sally, NY
Choose your accommodations:

When I told my family I'd found a kosher place in Carbondale, they were surprised, but your hospitality made our stay a luscious dream." - The Shenkers, Chicago
Choose from a variety of outdoor activities:

"The whole place transports you into a different world, with all the comfort and charm, everywhere you look, such exquisite details, indoors and out. Privacy mixed with warmest welcome." - Mimi, CA
Step out into a backyard oasis shaded by acres of grand maple, oak, pine and walnut trees. Enjoy the birdsong orchestra in flight, as squirrels, rabbits, chipmunks and even deer come near. Unwind, embrace the outdoors.

































