Monday June 28
Today, we learned about the complicated relationship that David haMelech had with Shaul, his predecessor, and Shaul’s son Yonatan (who would have been king after Shaul). David and Yonatan were best friends, as Shaul was chasing David and even tried to kill him. And yet, still, David was loyal to Shaul’s family and rewarded those […]
Sunday 17 Tammuz
We have all “broken our fast here” in Sugar Grove, PA, and we are reflecting on a really meaningful day. We had late wake-up and tefillah at 9:00, including special selichot for the fast day. The chanichim had a shiur with their regular morim, after tefillah. They learned that King David requested to build the […]
Thursday June 24
Last night, we all celebrated the coronation of King Shaul with our LINA – each eidah headed out to an area in the woods around camp and made a bonfire to grill food, followed by lots of singing and fun and a night-out under the stars. Tefillah in the morning was back at camp, and […]
Wednesday June 23
Today was a beautiful sunny day, after some clouds and rain the past two days, and everyone was thrilled to be running around outside and soaking up the sunshine! We spent shiur time learning about the nation’s request for a king – Bnei Yisrael asked Shmuel the Navi if they could have a King, like […]
Tues. June 22
Today, the chanichim learned about the Mishkan – how it was a place for serious tefillah and connection with Hashem (through the story of Channa and her prayer for a son) as well as a place where people could lose sight of the utimate goal and get caught up in the physical aspects (through the […]
Monday June 21
This morning’s shiur focused on the end of Sefer Shoftim, as we fly through Jewish history here in Machane Stone. The schedule is packed with 8 activites daily -with one always being Shower Time in the evening hours. The chanichim have 50 minutes at each peulah, with 5 minutes to get to the next one. […]
Sunday, June 20
Shavua Tov! Or as we sing here: Sha-sha-shavua tov!! Shabbat was beautiful, with all the cohorts/capsules davening together in Indoor World, outside as the sun was setting. The scene could not have been more picturesque. The zemirot and dancing were there too, so we could all be together in a covid-safe way. The fresh air […]
Thursday June 17
Here in Camp Stone, we weave the topic of the day into the day’s activities – for instance, today in shiur we spoke about the story of Achan taking from the spoils of Yericho, after G-d specifically prohibited doing that! The consequence/punishment was that Bnei Yisrael lost the next battle at Ai (pronounced EYE) The […]
Opening day!!!
Welcome to Moshevet Shivtei Yisrael – summer 2021 First session – where we will spend a month making new friends, enjoying tons of outdoor and indoor activities, creating art, spending inspiring shabbatot together and learning about our history from the time of Yehoshua ben Nun leading us into Eretz Yisrael, after 40 years in the […]
OLYMPIADA: NO HANDS SANDWICH CHALLENGE
Do you know how to make a sandwich? Amazing! Now try it without using your hands….