Exciting NEWS from Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Club for our clients!

Once again LHVC blazes new trails by providing clients with a new kosher vacation option! Kosher All-Inclusive dining is available at 99USD per person per day, for children ages 3-12 its half price!

LHVC has been honored with the distinction of receiving the prestigious OK Kosher Certification, one of the most respected global symbols of kosher approval in an era of soaring demand for kosher food. This investment and addition was done in order to provide a Lifestyle Vacation Experience for both members and guests who keep Kosher. Established in 1935, the OK Kosher Certification is one of the world’s most respected symbols of kosher approval.

Lifestyles’ complete year-round kosher vacation experience features a full kosher kitchen with kosher chef in residence, kosher restaurant, a synagogue, rabbinical services, and a kosher villa environment upon request. The kosher restaurant operation will be under the strict rabbinical orthodox supervision of OK Kosher's Rabbi Don Yoel Levy and Rabbi Gornish and new kosher chef, Daneil Ohana, with mashgichim on site, Rabbi Joseph Green, following the Kashruth Jewish Dietary Law for Glatt kosher, Cholov Yisroel and Pas Yisroel food. A variety of Sephardic, Ashkenazi, and international menu items will be offered.

Under the Rabbi’s leadership, OK Kosher provides certification for food giants and products such as IFF, Kraft, Con Agra and Tropicana. Operating on six continents and supported by more than 350 of the world’s leading kosher experts, the OK Kosher certifies more than 500,000 products, produced by over 2,500 companies, yet only a select few resort properties are included.

For More Information on OK Kosher Certification, click here www.ok.org

Kosher Chef and Rabbi for Year-Round Kosher Vacation Experience has joined the LHVC family!

Daniel Ohana has been appointed Kosher Chef and rabbi in residence Israel Levin, Mashgaich Kashrut, at Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Resort in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, both with key roles for Lifestyle’s year-round Kosher Vacation Experience featuring a full kosher kitchen, a kosher restaurant with a buffet and an a la carte menu, orthodox synagogue, rabbinical services and a planned kosher villa environment.

Israel Levin is a 2000 graduate of Tel Aviv University with an education in computer science and computer maintenance. He is fluent in Hebrew, English and Yiddish. His work experience includes a career as mashgiach for kosher restaurant kitchens in Miami and Hollywood, Florida, as well as bookkeeping, office management and sales positions for real estate, appliance and jewelry companies in Israel and the U.S.

Ohana graduated from the Cooking School Hotel Tadmor, worked as Cook at Hotel Gane Shulamit Eilat with Israel Kosher Food, as Sou Chef with Company Ship Sim Line, at Grill Time Restaurant Montreal Kosher Food, at Ilana’s Catering, Florida Kosher Food, as chef at Four-Point Shertaon Niagara Falls Kosher Food Chabad, and as Chef with Jewish Federation Montreal Kosher Food.

Lifestyle Holidays has been honored with the distinction of receiving the prestigious OK Kosher Certification, one of the most respected global symbols of kosher approval in an era of soaring demand for kosher food.

Be sure to stop by and say 'Welcome Home" to our newest team members!

The Kosher Kitchen

Breakfast –                          Lunch -                                Dinner -                                                   
7am to 10.30am                   12.30pm to 3pm                 6.30pm/10pm
 

Our newest restaurant on property, features a high-end, Kosher style buffet and a la carte for breakfast, lunch and dinner including international dishes from around the world and different specialty items daily on the grill such as blackened fresh grouper, lamb, and fresh homemade pasta. An organic salad bar is also featured. Blues is located in the Presidential Suites area of the Resort, adjacent to JAZZ specialty restaurant and the Bourbon Street Bar

The Synagogue

Synagogue is open All day – Every Day

There are morning services every day with the resident Rabbi

Resident Rabbi available daily 

Reading Material at the synagogue:

Please see below all items and books in the synagogue

All prayer books are the same but with different traditions serving Jewish people with different traditions

·         Siddur Sefarad – A PRAYER BOOK FOR WEEKDAYS AND SHABBAT (SATURDAY) IN SYNAGOGUE

·         Siddur Ashkenaz - A PRAYER BOOK FOR WEEKDAYS AND SHABBAT (SATURDAY) IN SYNAGOGUE

·         Chabad Siddur - A PRAYER BOOK FOR WEEKDAYS AND SHABBAT (SATURDAY) IN SYNAGOGUE

·         Sefarad/Ashkenaz/Chabad-terms of different traditions used by Jewish people from different countries

·         Chumash (Gutnick)-Bible-5 books of moses- used in the synagogue weekday and Shabbat

·         Tallitot –Prayer shawls –used during prayer weekday or Shabbat -  by men only

·         Gross Kipot-Head Covers for men –placed by entrance of synagogue

·         Gross Ladies Caps- for women only- placed by entrance of synagogue

·         Chalah covers-to cover chalah bread used on Shabbat and Jewish holidays

·         Benchers- booklet of one or two pages-blessings and prayers after meal  used  weekday or shabbat

 Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Resort has made the highest commitment to cater to the Kosher Travelers by providing you with the latest Kosher Kitchen along with certification by OK Kosher. Relax and enter into your next vacation with complete confidence.  The resort has a dedicated team / staff who will cater to your needs and concerns to ensure you the best kosher vacation experience ever.

Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Resort, located on Cofresi beach and with majestic mountain views, features luxury accommodations, gourmet restaurants, cafes, swimming pools, daily activities, and concierge services for destination tours.  LHVR guests and their families have a wide variety of activities available to them in the Dominican Republic’s North Coast.  Next door is the Ocean World Adventure Park with its daily animal and aquatic shows and casino.  Other activities in the area include a cable car ride to the peak of Mount Isabel de Torres, white water rafting, horseback riding, deep sea fishing, boating, snorkeling, monster truck safaris and city tours of Puerto Plata, named one of the 53 best destinations in the world by The New York Times. 

The Kosher experience is enhanced by you when you travel with a group of 20 or more you can bring your own Rabbi and he will travel as our guest for the week with a free room and all inclusive covered for your stay (4 night minimum).  This is truly the best way to have the comfort of you Rabbi with you every step of the way to ensure that your needs are being met by the resort.

TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS TODAY!