Tuesday – Opening Day
Welcome back to all of the Blog Readers!! Second Session Summer 2022, here we are: Moshevet Tefuzot Yisrael. Can you believe it??( The Roshei Moshava, Adina Falk and Ariel Fromowitz, with all of their hadracha (counselors) and tzevet (specialty staff) have been planning for a week for today’s opening…and for the whole month really! (Adina […]
LAST DAY
This morning, although there was a light rain, we woke up on time at 7:30, because we knew there was a long day of peulot and packing ahead of us! Shiur was a review game. Each group separated into two teams and had to take all the events we learned about this session and put […]
Sunday, fast of 17 Tammuz
Shavua Tov! We had a meaningful fast day here with a later wake up and a nice tefilah with some special additions. The chanichim had a shiur about Rabb Yochanan ben Zakkai’s request for the Romans to save the Sages of that time so Torah learning could continue after the destruction of the Beit haMikdash. […]
Thursday July 14
We needed that extra sleep and we got it! The morning was just a little shorter with two peulot, not three, which was fine for everyone 🙂 Eidah Daled actually woke up early and headed out for a fun day of bonding – they put Color War behind them and regrouped as one loving eidah […]
Wednesday July 13
Color War Day 2: The fun continued for another day here as Kohanim and Chachamim battled it out. We woke up and had camp-wide mifkad again. Each team gave one of the divrei torah (the biur tefilah, halacha yomit, and the sha’at shu’t) at their respective minyanim. Breakfast was run by tzevet again, and they […]
Tues July 12
Color War Day 1: Today was one of those days where you realize what a gift summer camp is: the weather was stunning, kids were expressing themselves creatively in so many ways, and they were just having fun with friends and teammates of all ages!! Without screens 🙂 You have to see the pictures to […]
Monday July 11
The news you have all been waiting for… Getting to the end of camp…. and finally… We learned about Hillel and Shamai today in shiur and about how a machloket l’shem shamayim (for the sake of finding truth and teaching Torah and making a Kiddush Hashem etc etc) will endure and bring truth to light […]
Sunday July 10
Shavua Tov! Machal headed out, last night after havdalah, for their four days canoeing down the James River in Virgina. They have been planning for this for a few weeks now, with all of the team-building and outdoor-living, and we are so excited to hear about their experience! They were so excited! Since the Motzei […]
Thursday July 7
Our chanichim learned about the decrees Antiochus made to try and eradicate Judaism. This was not a military/physical threat but rather a spiritual one. The chanichim talked about concepts such as passion, zeal and sacrifice. They are all familiar with the Chanukah story but not necessarily the whole historical context, so they enjoyed discussing some […]
Wednesday July 6
Campers slept so well last night at the Chutz site and really enjoyed another day out with the whole camp. After tefilah, the campers had cereal and milk for breakfast and shiur. The shiur today was about the Greek translation of Torah, again through skits put on by the Beit Midrash staff. Four different people […]