July 9th Color War Day 1
Color War Day 1 – Reporting live:
Here in Machane Stone there are only two places/times one does not feel Color War: during tefilah (our focus is on our relationship with Hashem) and in the bunk (where everyone should feel comfortable and help one another). Otherwise, game on!!
Our two teams this year are Tosafot (red and yellow) and Rambam (purple and green). Let me explain:
We started off the summer learning about the Geonim and recently have been learning about the Rishonim, specifically about Tosafot and Rambam. Today in shiur we discussed one theme of Tosafot and tomorrow we will learn about one specific theme of the Rambam. Today’s topic was resiliency through tragedy from the perspective of the different figures in the Ba’alei HaTosafot. The campers walked away with examples of resiliency through the following means:
- through continuing normal life,
- through action,
- through commemoration
- through teshuvah.
After our regular morning routine of mifkad, tefilah, breakfast and shiur, there were team meetings followed by two peulot of sporting events. Each eidah by gender had its own competition on a field, at the lake, in the pool, at the climbing wall or on the court. Points are being tallied until Wednesday night. Team marches followed mincha, and each team sang and cheered to impress the Roshei Eidah. More competitions took place in the afternoon, including a camp-wide game of machanayim (similar to dodgeball). Tonight, after team meetings, more marches, an EPIC competitive game of dodgeball, dinner then maariv, we enjoyed (and laughed a lot) at an Olympiada in Indoor World, where there were relay races and funny minute-to-win-it challenges.
All day, campers were getting involved in the projects and presentations that will be shown tomorrow night. These two days are a great opportunity for everyone’s creativity and talent to be showcased!! One of the best parts of Color War is that the campers get points for teaching camp about their themes: they do this through cheers, memes, divrei Torah, and even by painting a garbage can! A little competition is a great motivator for learning and internalizing new information.
Can you fill in the blank of this old-school cheer?
How do you like your carrots? RAW, RAW, RAW!
How do you like your cabbage? SLAW SLAW SLAW
