Shavua Tov! We all had a beautiful Shabbat #3 – we had even louder voices during tefilah and zemirot and slow shira at seudah shlishit! The chanichim who were never here for Shabbat are catching on to the tunes and the order of songs. Today we began the day with …

Man plans and G-d laughs… We had the best weather at the Chutz (and I even bragged about it!!) and then suddenly right before dawn, we were woken up by rain on our faces. Everyone got out of their sleeping bags and walked back to camp and fell right into …

The pictures say it all – it has been the most gorgeous perfect weather at our Chutz this year, and so fun and relaxing to hang out cooking around the fire for hours. The campers really enjoy getting to know nature, while playing and talking with others of all ages. …

Today all of our chanichim, hadracha and tzevet left for the Machane Chutz! We have officially “set up camp” a 15 min walk from camp  -and our director Yakov Flesichmann and some of our security team moved out there as well! But let me tell you how they broke it …

We began with a shiur about the challenge in striking the right balance between over-indulging in physicality AND living a life of asceticism (big word that was new for many) which is the belief that a person should pull back from the physical world around us. The question arose after …