Yom Kehilah!

                Hello everybody, today we had Yom Kehila at Machaneh. This means we had Tikkun Olam at camp instead of going out to help outside communities, we decided to strengthen the community that we live in here at Galil, by planting trees and flowers here to help preserve our environment and to strengthen our communal bonds. Anyway this morning we began with a sleep-in until 9 am and skipped our usual hitkansut boker to go directly to breakfast which was ‘eggs in a hole’, an interesting breakfast that has eggs cooked inside the middle of a piece of bread, essentially toasting the bread while having the egg cook in the center of the whole thing.

A chaniach being taken into space by a flying white disc

                After breakfast avodah and nikayon commenced as it usually does because we can’t skip out on making this place looking shiny and new! With that out of the way we had sports so that we could include some physical exercise in our day’s schedule. Our sports for today were Gaga, Frisbee, Swimming, and Rikud.

Smiling people (How generic...)

                Now is where our schedule gets reeeaaaallly interesting. We split the schavot into 3 groups: Bogrimot & Amelimot, Anakimot, and Tzophimot & Bonimot. The Amelimot and Bogrimot worked together to plant a large number of flowers around the front of the chadar, as well as two trees. The Anakimot, Tzofimot, and Bonimot each had a peula about communal belonging and the types of values that create strong communities. Afterwards, they all participated in trainings about social justice from a Jewish perspective, facilitated by folks from the Workmens Circle, a progressive Jewish educational social justice group. Afterwards, each kvutza painted a ceramic tile, which will be hung up in the Moadon hallway. For lunch, we had beef stir fry with a bunch of vegetables and lo men. 

Gathering dirt to plant a tree (We're turning our truck into a hybrid)

                Halfway through it started to rain, meaning everyone stopped what they were doing to have an impromptu dance party in the rain! Also kids got the chance to play board games in the moadon while it was raining. Once the raining subdued, everyone headed to the pavilion to paint tiles. At the end of it all, everyone went to the toren to do shira(song/singing) where we learn a camp song from the past so that we can sing again after we finish eating. For dinner tonight we had lasagna, a camp classic and also a favorite of us all. The night ended off with us all watching a movie, and with that we will say good-night. Stay tuned for the last Shabbat of Galil 2016 in tomorrow’s blog!

                -Guy