We all had an extra half hour of sleep since the two nights before had been outside on the ground – or in a hammock 🙂 We woke up at 8:00 and felt well-rested! Shiur today tackled the concept of unity. Think about Israeli society and what Previous President Reuven …

We woke up at the Chutz site, davened Shacharit, had some breakfast and then had shiur. Today we “met olim” from different countires: Rav Sharon Shalom who walked from a small village in Ethiopia all the way to Sudan over two months! From Sudan a plane flew them to Israel! …

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! When each eidah was packed and ready, they walked …

Transitioning from Shabbat to Tish B’av is a bit odd, but it highlighted for everyone just how important Shabbat is and how we priorotize it when there is a conflict. The eating had to stop by 7:34 pm camp time, so we said Birkat hamazon after our “fast shira” at …