Sunday, August 21
Our last Shabbat in Machane was a beauty! It was a spirited, inspiring, fun Shabbat with hours and hours of singing and dancing! By the fourth Shabbat, the chanichim know exactly what to do and when, and so they gave it their all. Shabbat had beautiful weather, so everyone had …
Thursday, August 18
Color war ended Wednesday night… and it was Chachamei Sefarad (team colors: pink and black) for the win this year! And boy did we need the extra sleep, as color war ended quite late! The morning was just a little shorter with two peulot, not three, which was fine for …
Wednesday, August 17 – Color War Day 2
Color War Day 2: The fun continued for another day here as Team Chachamei Sefarad and Team Chachamei Ashkenaz 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 …
Tuesday, August 16 – Color War Day 1
Color War Day 1: The first full day of Color War got off to an energetic and spirited start! The day was full of creativity, effort, cheering, and fun. We woke up at 7:30 and got right to it! A camp-wide mifkad that, of course, everyone was on time for! …
Monday Aug 15
Today we learned about the Italian diaspora, with some famous Torah giants, such as Rav Ovadia from Bartenura and some lesser famous like the first-ever known soferet – a Jewish female scribe, named Paula dei Mansi. She also wrote a work of halakhah and translated commentaries into Italian. But shiur …
