After a hardcore cleaning of the tzrifim, the Madatzim ran their Friday peulot for their kids. The Amelim went on a tour of Israel, and each place around machaneh was another stop on the tour. For one station the chanichim got to help with making their own pitot at the Bedouin tents.
At Friday shira each kvutsah sings as energetically as possible in order to get called first to eat pizza at aruchat tzohorayim. After shira there is Hyde Park, where the kids strut their stuff up to the tire in the middle for the right to voice their opinions about things around machaneh.
With the Tzofim gone on tiyul still, machaneh felt somewhat empty, but a few hours later they joined us just in time for the start of mishpachot. Mishpachot is a time where siblings at machaneh reunite together and tell stories, read passages, and share the best parts of their week. Today's discussion centered around the Beatles song "We Can Work It Out."
This week the Chotrim put on their oneg Shabbat, the weekly play that includes characters from the Galil community. It's always a load of fun. Then came the highlight of many people's week: rikudei am! We all headed to the basketball court and danced the night away to both old Israeli folk songs and newer ones as well. In the middle we took a break to see the Amelot/Chotrot win the Golden Broom, the coveted prize for the most clean tzrif around machaneh. The night finished with the Madatzim putting their chanichim to bed, and this morning we look forward to the weekly sleep-in on Shabbat.
Laila tov,
Alon
chanichim - campers
aruchat boker - breakfast
tzrifim - cabins
Madatzim - counselors-in-training
peulot - activities
machaneh - camp
pitot - a Middle Eastern flatbread
shira - singing
kvutsah - group
aruchat tzohorayim - lunch
mishpachot - families
oneg Shabbat - Shabbat play
rikudei am - folk dancing
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