Friday Hike Day June 28
After learning about one of the shabbat zemirot (Yom Shabbaton) that was written by a famous Rabbi from our part of Jewish history (Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi) that we are studying, everyone was ready to head out for hike day!! Well, everyone except Eidah Daled. They had woken up at 3 am and done a “night […]
Thurs June 27
Our shiur today focused on Rashi – his commentary on both Chumash and Talmud – and the Baalei haTosafot, the “tosafists”, and their commentary on Talmud. For the older bunks the shiur teachers could speak about all of it! They taught Rashi’s comment in בראשית where he speaks about his goal for his commentary and […]
Wednesday June 26
Our shiur today was about Rabbenu Gershom (960-1040, Germany) and the decrees he made for the Ashkenazi community – no polygamy and no violating people’s privacy and boundaries by reading their mail. The punishment/consequence was cherem, excommunication. Our chanichim obviously focused more on the decree about mail than polygamy, and they discussed what decrees are […]
Tuesday June 25
Today we learned about Karaites and the their rejection of Oral Law. Hot off the presses: The Village opened today!! For all who don’t know, “the village” is at the northwest corner of camp, in the woods…it is a small world of ancient activities and arts. Each session in camp we give it a name, […]
Monday June 24
Wake up today was our regular “Boker Tov Sugar Grove” over the ram-kol at 7:30 (“camp time”, an hour behind “city time”) The chanichim have a half hour to get out of bed, take turns in the bathrooms, get dressed and head out to 8:00 a.m. mifkad. Music plays over the ram-kol for that half […]
Sunday June 23
Shavua Tov to all curious parents reading this blog, missing your children and feeling FOMO 😉 Our chanichim and tzevet had an amazing, song-filled, dance-filled, fun-filled Shabbat…and heat-filled as well. (The muggy hot weather has finally broken today, in the wake of a light rain, b”h!) We enjoyed a beautiful Kabbalat Shabbat Friday evening, with […]
Friday – Hike Day
On Fridays in Machane Stone, we wake up a little earlier to get a head start on a very busy day! After tefillah and breakfast, we have a “sandwich-making party” that your children will have to explain to you! Picture music, dancing and singing – all while making cheese and wow-butter sandwiches. It is one […]
Thursday June 20
The chanichim (campers) here look so happy to be back! The weather was beautiful today, everyone unpacked ,and it is starting to feel like home. Kima (wake up) this morning was at 7:30. Every eidah (division, by age) meets before davening for a few stretches and a “boker tov” message from their Roshei Eidah (division […]
Wed June 19 – Opening Day!!
Welcome back to all of the Blog Readers!! First Session Summer 2024, here we are: Moshevet Rishonim. Can you believe it?? The Roshei Moshava, Isaac Aboudi and Noa Berkowitz, with all of their hadracha (counselors) and tzevet (specialty staff) have been planning since before Shabbat for today’s opening…and for the whole month really! (Noa and Isaac have […]
Monday, August 21
It is so hard to believe that today is the last day of camp at Machane Stone summer 2023! Last night, the whole machaneh met in Indoor World for two hours of fun at homemade carnival booths (including ice cream, popcorn and cotton candy!! ) and some very exciting Machal vs. Daled basketball! Machal won […]