Thursday July 13
We are coming to an end of our Tochnit (our topic for the month, which has been from 70 CE to 500) – snif, snif – and so today we learned about how Jewish communities need to adjust to living without their own autonomy. Living in a foreign land, in exile, means being subject to […]
Wednesday July 12 – CW Day 2
Shinun and Svara went at it all day here! Great sportsmanship all around and the eidah daled captains have been including as many chanichim as want to be involved. There are so many ways for everyone to contribute. Today, after mifkad, tefillah, breakfast, shiur, and team meetings, the morning consisted of two peulot for the […]
Tuesday July 11 – CW 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 (focus is on our relationship with Hashem) and in the bunk (where everyobe should feel comfortable and help one another). Otheriwse, game on!! Our two teams this year are SHINUN (blue […]
Monday July 10
Today we learned about a special thing they used to do a long time ago – During the time of the Gemara, Rav established a system known as Yarchei Kallah. While most Jews in Bavel spent the majority of their time working their fields, they would leave their homes and travel to the beit midrash […]
Sunday July 9
Shavua Tov from Sugar Grove! Our third shabbat was perfect – everyone is familar now with all of our songs and tunes in tefilah, in the chadar ochel during zemirot and during the shira at seudah shlshit. The danicng is all coming together beautifully by now as well, with everyone familar with the steps and […]
17th of Tammuz
We had a late wake up today so we could be strong and awake to get through the fast day in a meaningful way. The younger eidot added Avinu Malkeinu to their tefilah, while their older added Avinu Malkeinu as well as a few Selichot. The chanichim who are under bar and bat mitzvah age […]
Wednesday July 5
The morning started at the Chutz, with tefilah and breakfast and shiur. While Eidah Daled stayed to look around and make sure everything was packed and brought back to machane, the other eidot returned and showered, had some peulot, lunch and a fun afternoon- and then surprise! A trip for tonight: Eidot Alef and Vav […]
Tuesday July 4
Eidot Alef – Daled continue to work hard and play hard. Well, “cook hard” that is. Each group (plugah) of campers is led by a few Eidah daled campers, and they spent hours and hours grilling hamburgers and vegetable and corn last night AND toast, cheese, vegetables and eggs today. Play hard is all the […]
Monday July 3
Today’s shiur was the big debate: Talmud Bavli vs. Talmud Yerushalmi …and why do we have two Talmuds anyway?? Our chanichim learned about the two communities – one in Eretz Yisrael and one over in Bavel – who were both growing and learning and developing haacha around the mishna. They were shown some differences in […]
Sunday July 2
This morning we learned about the writing down of the Oral Law as Mishnah, by Rabbi Yehuda haNasi. There was a prohibition to write it down, but the time came when we could either write it or lose it. It was interesting to talk about how sometimes there are exceptions to the rule and/or sometimes […]