Wednesday July 10th- Color War Day 2
Color War Day 2!
Shiur today was focused on the Mishneh Torah and the Rambam’s revolutionary attempt to transform halacha into an organized, accessible system. We learned about the Mishneh Torah’s structure (it’s divided topically into 14 books, and is subdivided into sections and chapters) and content (it touches on all areas of Jewish life, even laws that are no longer applicable today, such as korbanot). We also learned about how some of the choices the Rambam made to make the Mishneh Torah more accessible, such as omitting sources, later proved controversial.
After spirited team meetings, the morning consisted of two peulot for the sports competitions and games: soccer, b-ball, kickball, races in the pool, ultimate frisbee, dodgeball, agam and more!
In the afternoon, we had a Chidon with questions reviewing shiur topics from this session and a thrilling camp-wide Apache relay race. For the race, each team had people from all the eidot in place at different sites around the machane, ready to do their part when the baton got to them. For example, someone had to shoot 5 foul shots, someone had to shoot an arrow at the target in our archery field, a swimmer had to swim across the pool, and someone had to zipline across the agam. The last stage of the race (after an hour…) was to run a mile to the finish line! Tosafot crossed the finish line first, but the race is scored in stages, and Rambam earned some points along the way, too.
Team presentations are about to start, in which teams will show off their creative sides through songs, artwork, dances, and skits. Stay tuned for highlights and, of course, the winner!
Go Fight Win Tonight Boogie Down All Right, All Right!
