Sunday 7/15

We had a beautiful last shabbat of 1st session with a crazy last mifkad, spiritual tefilah, fun with our eidot, and an uplifting slow shira.

Shiur today was the culmination of this month’s tochnit. We discussed why Rav Yosef Karo thought it was necessary to write the Shulchan Aruch and why the Maharshal disagreed with him doing so. We debated the merits of codifying Torah She-ba’al Peh and the important role the Ramah plays. In order for the chanichim to really get a sense of why Rav Yosef Karo thought it was so important to create the Shulchan Aruch we asked the kids to play two rounds of a classic camp game (like Whoosh-Bang-Zip, One-Sam, Wah, etc.). The first round was played normally, but in the second round every chanich was given different rules for the game. They then discussed which version worked better and what was hard about round two.  Finally, the counselor asked if there is room for different people to do things differently from one another or whether it just creates chaos.

Shiur Trivia: Why did Rav Yosef Karo title his revolutionary codification guidebook to a Halachic lifestyle the Shulchan Aruch – “The Set Table” – and why then did Ramah call his commentary on the Shulchan Aruch the Mappah – “tablecloth”?

The rest of the day was Baruch Hashem a normal day in Camp.  Our chanichim worked hard to finish their washing cups from The Village to bring back to grace your homes. We hope you enjoy them!

We ended the night with a fun carnival, featuring popcorn, snow-cones, cotton candy, ring toss, other games, and of course a prize booth! Once you got your food you could watch the epic annual basketball games between Eidah Daled and Machal. Daled girls were victorious in the girls’ game and Machal banim were victorious in theirs.

Thank you for entrusting us with your children this summer! We hope they grew emotionally and spiritually, made friends, and have deepened their connections to Judaism and Klal Yisrael, while having a blast!

Answer to Thursday’s Trivia Question: There are 36 water igloos across Machaneh.