Wed. July 10 – CW II
Great second day of Color War – Sporting activities and races again but also some new exciting additions: the Chidon (review of the month’s shiurim) and a looooong Apache race with over 30 tasks. So many chanichim/ot were needed! In addition to all these activities, some were busy all day working on the final presentations […]
Tues July 9 – CW I
Tel Aviv vs. Jersualem is in high gear here in machane Stone. Although everyone was probably taught that “it doesn’t matter who wins or loses, it’s all about the fun” – seems like right now it’s about “go, go,go, go, go, go…fight, fight, fight, fight, fiht, fight…win, win, win, win, win, win…go, fight, win!!” Ha! […]
Monday July 8
So…do you want to hear about the Shiur on Shai Agnon today OR color war breakout??? Let’s assume most are more curious about color war and just put Agnon on hold for now 🙂 Broccoli, broccoli, broccoli…that was everywhere today all over camp: with sauce, chocolate-covered, for shekem…everywhere!! The chanichim/ot, who already have been protesting […]
Sunday July 7
Today, in Camp Stone, it was Yom Kippur 1973. No “ram kol” to wake them up and everyone came to the Beit Knesset in shabbat blue and white. They had some tunes from Yom Kippur in their tefillah, but then they were able to “break the fast” at breakfast 🙂 In shiur, they learned about […]
Friday July 5
Hike Day began with a shiur about Israel’s struggle with public policy and health when it comes to Shabbat…what services can be run/provided on Shabbat? On the one hand we have the mitzvah to be safe/healthy and take care of our physical and psychological health; on the other hand we are sometimes not allowed to […]
Thurs July 4th
Here in Machane stone, July 4th marks the yahrtzeit of Yoni Netanyahu. We learned about Entebbe, Uganda in 1976 and the IDF coming to the aid of hijacked Jews – at the cost of slodiers’ lives. The shiur today was about the mitzvah of Pidyon Shvuyim – redeeming captives and how complicated that can get […]
Wednesday July 3
Everyone had a little extra sleep this morning, post-Chutz. Happy Rosh Chodesh! After a longer-than-usual tefillah in honor of Rosh Chodesh (day 1 of 2) we ate breakfast and then had our shiur about learning in yeshiva full-time after high school vs. combining learning with army service. Discussions like these give our chanichim a taste […]
Tuesday July 2
The Chutz Day #2 lasted all the way until…10:00pm tonight. The rain moved in and the chanichim came home. But it was a looong day and a really fun day, so one more night of sleep outside really wouldn’t have added much, anyway right? 😉 (We never want to let the rain feel like it […]
Mon July 1
Exciting day at machane!! Eidot aleph-daled left to the Machane Chutz, which was announced at Aruchat Eser. Everyone had a chance to go pack up for the two days they will spend at the campsite we use each year, a 15-minute walk from camp – and a three minute drive…ssshh….don’t tell them they are that […]
Sunday June 30
Shavua Tov! Machal headed out last night for their few days in Algonquin!! This is the experience chanichim here talk about for years before, anticipating this fun, bonding and challenging week. We know they will do great and can’t wait to hear from them when they come out on Thursday. Each group of 20 kids […]