Shabbat Shalom from OSRUI

SHABBAT PINCHAS 2013 The rains finally stopped, although in truth they largely came at night and the days were really quite nice.  Right now the sun is shining and the sky is blue.  We have had lots of activity this week with many of our eidot out on trips. CHALUTZIM...

What I Love About Camp

by Anne Stein, Kallah Faculty Member and Director of Education at Cong. Etz Chaim in Lombard Each morning the segel (faculty) lead t’filot (services); each evening the chanichim (campers) lead t’filot.  One of our roles as segel is to help the chanichim put together...

Amazing Experiences on our first trip in Moshavah!!

By Elana Gordon, Moshavah Rosh Eidah In Moshavah, we just returned from our first trip!  The chanichim had a fantastic time.  Despite quite a bit of rain, everyone returned with high spirits and lots of great stories.  A few of the chanichim wrote about their...

Tzofim’s full of Ruach !!

By Deborah Goldberg, Tzofim Rosh Eidah   It’s been a great week in Tzofim!  On Friday night, we had our first Kabbalat Shabbat together.  Tzofim has a tradition of gathering on our hill before T’fillot  to hear a story from a member of our segel.  Rokki, a member...