Shabbat Chukat 2017 “The Attitude of Gratitude” What an amazing second week it has been at OSRUI. After a week of limmud (learning), omanut (art), water slides, tubing, wilderness trips, ivrit (Hebrew), field trips, evening programs, and so much more, Shabbat is here,...
People always ask me why I go back to summer camp every summer. Initially, I would tell them it was because I wanted to see all of my amazing friends that I grew up with or it was because it was a good way to make some money. But as my second week of camp comes to...
We paddled up to the first camp site after two encounters with the pouring rain. It was mud, sheer mud, deep, squishy, lose-your-shoes-in-it mud. The path to pull the canoes up was steep. The campers, staff and I were cold. But, together the group pulled the...
Yom Avodah (Work Day) is always a highlight of the Chalutzim calendar of special events. A day to give back to those around us, this year our projects revolved around beautifying our already gorgeous eidah. The chanichim cleaned the shvil (trail) from our...
It’s been an exciting week in Moshavah and we just returned from our first tiyul! It was a rainy week, but all the chanichim and madrichim made the best of each moment and learned to embrace it. We started our chugim, led beautiful services both in our beit t’filah...
