Fri – Shabbat
Shavua Tov to all parents and friends,
Let me catch you up.
Friday morning breakfast is a pretty big deal here at Machane Stone. Music plays (loudly!!) in our Chadar Ochel as everyone prepares their sandwiches for the hike. Each week spontaneous dancing breaks out and, with that, the pre-Shabbos ruach begins here 😉 It is a core memory for many chanichim. Ask your kids about “the Peanut Butter/Jelly song” (although, ironically, peanuts – and all nuts – are banned, ha!)
In shiur, we learned about the mission of Am Yisrael – to teach about צדק ומשפט, as Hashem told Avraham, and to act in ways of righteousness and justice. We spoke about real-life examples today when the Israeli government is the first to send aid to a country struggling.
Kaytana learned about Yitzchak and Rivka’s two sons Yaakov and Eisav and the lie that Yaakov told to secure the blessing.
Following shiur, each eidah got ready for their hike and headed out for a few hours. Meanwhile, back at machane, our tzevet does the cleanup all over camp and sets up the chadar ochel for shabbat dinner. There was tzevet swim for banot before their Mincha at 2:00 and tzevet swim for banim afterwards.
Our schedule Friday before Shabbat includes the Roshei Moshava going bunk to bunk to inspect the nikayon they did for Shabbat, and in the last couple of years a custom has begun where a camper gives a Dvar Torah before the check 🙂 Mifkad for the whole camp happens at 6:30 and then we enter the Indoor Beit Knesset for a camp-wide Kabbalat Shabbat. This is the only time all 800+ of us daven together, and it is beautiful and powerful!! Shabbat was full of singing, dancing and cheering-by-eidah at dinner and lunch, with an inspiring slow shira at Seudah Shlishit.
Each eidah had a fun night activity after havdalah (swimming, sports etc) and the tzevet were treated to a yummy Melaveh Malka meal of….Fettuccine Alfredo (the nine days have started so we knew it would be dairy…) .
We are looking forward to a week full of friendship, fun and learning. And the lina (campout) of course…we all know that is coming up soo, and we are excited for it!
