Sunday June 21
Today we learned about the Torah valuing everyone in society and how the special mitzvot for the Land of Eretz Yisrael help us, as a society, take care of the poor. There is definitely an overlap between a socialist’s vision and the vision of Torah, and the chanichim learned a …
Motzei Shabbat June 20
Sha-sha-shavua Tov!! We had such a beautiful smooth first Shabbat in Machane, b”h. The weather was solid, the food was yummy and the singing, tefillot, dancing and overall energy were, as our director said before havdalah, “the best he remembers it ever being on a first Shabbat”! We could tell …
Thursday June 18
Our shiur this morning was about the holiness of Eretz Yisrael and the term kedusha in general. Chanichim discussed that what makes the land special and different is that it was given to us by Hashem and has unique commandments associated with it. They took a look at the third …
Wednesday June 18
“Boker Toooooov Sugar Grove!!” – how we have missed that wake-up over the loudspeaker 🙂 Daily Kima is 7:30 followed by mifkad-by-eidah to start the day with a roll call, some exercises/stretches and the Bnei Akiva anthem. We have five minyanim each morning so the chanichim can have an age-appropriate …
Tuesday June 16 – Welcome and Opening Tochnit
Welcome home Machane Stone!! It was so great to see all of the chanichim come off the buses to meet their hadracha, counselors who have been preparing for them for a week now. We had the most perfect weather for a first day, b”h. We began in true Camp Stone …