Is our last full day of activities and everyone is in camp having fun! we are all looking forward to spending shabbat together. before we go home. Shabbat Shalom!

 

Today is Gibbushon! Each Eidah has their own team name which is also a Shevet of Bnei Akiva. They each represent a time period in Israel’s history and celebrate the highlights of those years in various fields. The chanichim will compete throughout the day while learning about momentous events, important people and successes in Israel’s history. 

 

Today is Yom Omanut Yisraelit! In honor of Israel’s arts and culture we are having our annual Daled Play. The play is loosely based on The Sound of Music, and has a Moshava IO twist.  Aviva leaves her Kiddutz in Israel to be a madricha at a new B’nei Akiva camp in the United States. But when she gets there, her lively personality clashes with the Rosh Moshava’s military style. Is there any way Aviva and Mifaked Yosi can see eye to eye? Join Eidah Daled for a story about leadership, friendship and of course … the sound of music.

 

Today was Yom Maccabiah! We spoke about Israeli sports and specifically the “Jewish Olympics” – the Maccabiah games. The chanichim learned about Tal Brody and heard his story. They gained an insight into what it means to be an athlete representing Israel. They learned from Tal Brody about perseverance, hard work and determination. Then the chanichim played our very own Camp Moshava version of “Top Trumps Match” highlighting different aspects of Tal Brody’s inspiring story.

 

Today was Yom Israeli Sport! Eidah Hey reviewed Israel’s greatest moments in sport, including their Olympic medals, the success of the Israeli baseball team in the 2020 Olympics, the Israel national under-19 soccer team’s success in the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and more! To highlight these moments, they played a wacky game of hoop-hat basketball as well as rock-paper-scissors baseball.

Today was Marathon day! The Moshava Marathon was in Memory of Avi Levinson z”l. Avi was a professional marathon runner. The first decade of his life was very difficult. Then at the age of 11, he was adopted by Yoni and Milty Levinson and their sons. From that day, he continued to run….He ran with his dreams. His greatest dream was to have a family and when he got that, he kept running with the dream. He later married and had a beautiful family. The message of this year’s marathon was RUN WITH YOUR DREAMS… Each chanich/a wrote their dreams on small cards before the run and ran with their dreams. Like Avi, they should continuously strive to reach new heights. May these life lessons of Avi be an inspiration to all our campers.

 

After a fun filled week both in and out of camp, everyone is back in camp enjoying the peulot. We are so excited that Kaytana joined us this week. Shabbat Shalom!

 

Today was Yom Tzahal.  Eidah Gimmel had the peula “In the Army Now”. They learned about innovations in the army, the units and what they do, the code of ethics that the IDF follows, different special projects like Shavim BaMadim, and more!

 

Today was Yom Memshala. The chanichim of Machane learned about how Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East. Tonight, Eidah Daled will have a sicha with their madrichim and will discuss the meaning of Israel being a Jewish and Democratic state.

 

Today was Yom Cheyl Ha’avir. The chanichim of Eidah Bet heard about the forming of the Israeli Air Force and how it was started by volunteers from America. They learned about the success of the Six Day War and the aerial victories, the IAF involvement in covert operations and helping Jews make aliyah. They then made their own aircrafts and raced them, in honor of the IAF.