Monday August 5/Rosh Chodesh Av
Chodesh Tov! Following a beautiful Rosh Chodesh Tfila, this morning at Aruchat Eser, the Chutz was broken out! For the next three days and two nights, the entire camp will go to a nearby field (about a 20 minute walk) and will set up camp. Eidah Daled campers will be leading their “Plugot” of about […]
Sunday, August 4/29 Tammuz
Shavua Tov from the Holy Machane Stone! We had an amazing Shabbat! The Nikayon winners were bunk Jabotinsky (boys) from Eidah Vav, and both Daled Girls bunks won! They worked together to make their entire bunkhouse clean and it really paid off. The Nikayon winners celebrate with special ice cream! Yesterday, in Tochnit we celebrated the […]
Friday August 2/27 Tammuz
This morning, Eidah Daled was woken up at 2:30 am to go on their 3 am hike – it’s a fun tradition where they go on a long hike in the middle of the night. They did a loop around camp and came back just in time to daven and have breakfast. They slept all […]
Wednesday, July 31/25 Tammuz
Today was another exciting day at Camp Stone! At this point in Tochnit, we are up to the Balfour Declaration and the Sykes-Picot Agreement. Shiur today compared Koresh’s declaration in Sefer Ezra to the Balfour Declaration. The Sykes-Picot Agreement was an agreement between the French and the British to split up Mandate Palestine and the […]
Tuesday, July 30/24 Tamuz
This morning, each of the Eidot walked back to camp for tefilah. It was a more laid back day in camp. Tonight, the Night Tochnit (night activity) is Bunk Night, where each bunk creates a bunk sign that is hung in the Chadar Ochel, and presents a dance or skit to their Eidah. It gives […]
Monday July 29/23 Tammuz
Campers had a regular day of camp until Shekem. Shiur this morning was about Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and the revival of the Hebrew language. At Shekem today, the Roshei Eidah broke out the Lina! That means that each Eidah (including Kaytana) goes to their own site and has a one night campout. Tzevet is split up […]
Sunday July 28/ 22 Tammuz
Shavua Tov! Following an amazing first Shabbat, our chanichim woke up at 8:00 and had a regular day of camp! Shiur today was about Jewish ideas of self-defense and defending other Jews. Tochnit today was about the Uganda Plan and the Roshei Eidah talked a little bit about the Kishinev Pogrom of 1903. Machal did […]
Shabbat Parshat Pinchas – 1st Shabbat of Camp!
Shavua Tov! We’ll pick up where we left off before Shabbat. At Mifkad, the winners of nikayon were… Drumroll please… On the girls side: Eidah Vav Bunk Bessie Gotseld! And on the boys side: Eidah Bet Bunk Bialik! It was a beautiful Shabbat with lots of singing and dancing, learning and playing, and bonding and […]
Friday July 26/20 Tammuz – Erev Shabat
Fridays are an exciting day in Machane Stone! The anticipation of the arrival of Shabbat starts from Kima (wakeup), where we wake up a half-hour earlier than usual, at 7:00. At the conclusion of davening, we sing the Shir Shel Yom in the same tune that we sing it in during Kabbalat Shabbat. At breakfast, […]
Thursday July 25/19 Tamuz – First full day of camp!!!!
The chanichim (campers) here look so happy to be back! Walking around camp today, we saw so many smiling faces, with campers and staff enjoying the first full day of Camp Stone Second Session 2024. Our staff (Tzevet) arrived last Thursday and have been excitedly training and preparing for the campers’ arrival. Today was the […]