Shalom parents! We’re
back with the blog and today we started off with a damp Sunday morning.
Everyone woke up well rested after we concluded Shabbat this weekend and we
made our way to the toren (flagpole)
to raise our flags and sing songs to kick off the day right. With that out of
the way Ivrit Shimushit (Useful Hebrew
skit) taught us all the word Balagan which means ‘mess’. Afterwards the Madatzimot (CITs) from Camp Moshava hopped onto their bus and headed back to Maryland, a very sad sight to see. Breakfast this morning was
our usual Sunday bagels, but this time we had a nice surprise of lox.
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| Surprisingly cheerful Madatzimot as they say good-bye to their Mifgash friends |
Avodah(work/job) was not all that
exciting for us due to the rain last night, especially for me and the chanichimot(campers) that were doing anaf Brecha(pool duty). Walking down to
the pool only to see wet leaves and cloudy skies didn’t necessarily brighten
our moods this morning, but nonetheless we cleaned up the pool area as we do
every day with a smile on our faces (At least we tried with smiles on our
faces). After a quick session of nikayon(cleaning)
the chanichimot headed off to pish (age group activities). The Amelimot & Anakimot had their usual
instructional swim. The Tzophimot
learned about the other machanot(camps)
in Habonim Dror and the Bogrimot
began planning “Bocoup” which is when the Bogrimot
take over machaneh from lunch until
bedtime and they run many incredible activities and it is one of the most
anticipated events of the summer.
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| Bogrimot planning Bocoup |
The Bonimot left this morning to go on tiyul(hike) and they began by going to Linvilla
Farms, where they will pick fruits and vegetables to use in making their dinner
for the night. Afterwards they will take a bus down to Delaware and hike
through a trail in Brandywine Creek and afterwards they will pitch their tents
at the campsite. They will come back to machaneh
tomorrow at around lunch time. Our sports
selection for today is Swimming, Gaga, Yoga, and Ultimate Frisbee.
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| A chaniach playing basketball with his madriach |
For lunch today we
had a lovely pasta bar with ravioli! Our mitbach(kitchen)
crew was kind enough to include a small bowl of pesto to join the array of
sauces on the buffet table (Mmm, my favorite). Afterwards, kids will have a
short rest break to let the food settle in their stomachs before we kick off
activities again with zman meyuchad(specialists
time), a time where the specialists of Galil get to showcase some of their
tricks and techniques with the chanichimot
in different ways. I’ll be running a journalism themed group every day during
this time and the kids will be doing different activities surrounding
journalism and writing, and perhaps we may see some of their work on the blog
in the future!
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| Chinichot playing gaga |
For dinner we had grilled
chicken breasts and couscous. Tonight’s Tochnit
erev(night activity) was replicating the famous bus station in Tel Aviv
and all its incredible and unique people that it attracts daily. There were
street vendors and people teaching shesh-besh(backgammon) along with shady
looking individuals roaming the area.
That’s all for
tonight, we’ll be back at it again tomorrow evening!
-Guy
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