Opening Tochnit, 1st Day of Second Session 2024!! Wednesday 7/25
Machaneh has officially begun! We welcomed over 500 campers yesterday and we couldn’t be more excited and proud to be a part of their summer. It was so heartwarming to see the hugs and the shouts of excitement as kids got off the buses. I happen to notice a second year camper introduce his friend […]
Sunday 7/15
We had a beautiful last shabbat of 1st session with a crazy last mifkad, spiritual tefilah, fun with our eidot, and an uplifting slow shira. Shiur today was the culmination of this month’s tochnit. We discussed why Rav Yosef Karo thought it was necessary to write the Shulchan Aruch and why the Maharshal disagreed with […]
Shabbat Shalom! 7/12
Reporting from Machal, Shevet Re’im. Machal spent the last week in Virginia. A week of outdoor challenges and bonding. They camped in total, 65 miles on the James river while carrying everything on their backs! They did an amazing job working together, encouraging each other while conquering the wilderness. Shabbat Shalom! Finish the sentence from […]
Thursday 7/11
This years Color War winning team was, (drumroll please)… Rambam!! The captains modeled beautiful sportsmanship throughout Color War, all the way through the end, congratulating each other and acknowledging how hard the other captains and team had worked. This morning the whole camp had late kimah, as we all needed some extra sleep after last […]
Wednesday July 10th- Color War Day 2
Color War Day 2! Shiur today was focused on the Mishneh Torah and the Rambam’s revolutionary attempt to transform halacha into an organized, accessible system. We learned about the Mishneh Torah’s structure (it’s divided topically into 14 books, and is subdivided into sections and chapters) and content (it touches on all areas of Jewish life, […]
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 […]
Wednesday July 3
Today we spent half a day at the chutz and half a day back at machane. Shacharit, breakfast and shiur was out at the chutz, followed by extensive clean up! Everyone packed up their stuff and picked up garbage. Together we closed down the chutz for summer 2024 session 1! We walked back to camp, […]
Tues July 2
Our second day of the Machane Chutz – Such beautiful weather to be living outside!! We are so grateful, and everyone is really enjoying the time together just bonding and gathering around the fire pits! The night was chilly, but everyone was cozy in their sleeping bags. Shacharit was at 8:30, followed by a quick […]
Monday July 1
We learned about Eretz Yisrael today and Ramban’s and Rabbi Yehuda haLevi’s aliyah! Way back in this era of Rishonim, people would try to make their way to Eretz Yisrael -some made it and some did not. Some went for ideological reasons and some just to run away – like the Jews from Spain. The […]
Sunday June 30
Shavua Tov and Happy Birthday to our director Yakov Fleischmann!! He received and enjoyed his Duncan Heinz birthday cake, just like every other birthday boy or birthday girl in Machane!! May Hashem grant him and Estee health, strength, patience, creativity, wisdom and continued success! We had our special extra 30 min of sleep that we […]