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 …

Shavua Tov! Another beautiful Shabbat full of tefilah, song, dance, learning and lots of time with friends. We have a slightly later wake-up Sunday morning – at 8:00 instead of 7:30, since Shabbat is over so late here and many bunks have night activities after Shabbat. This morning our shiur …

We had a great full day here – Baruch Hashem for a regular routine that ran smoothly. A day of peulot, to review, means: kima, mifkad-by-eidah, tefilah, breakfast, nikayon, shiur, 3 peulot, mincha, lunch, menucha, 2 peulot, shekem, a peulah (today it was chugim!!), showers, hachanot erev, camp-wide mifkad, dinner, …