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א ט פ ח ה ע כ ע ר Issue 6
מחנה גן ישראל קיץ תשע“ב Inside this issue: How to meet a deadline on time
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When there was no bathroom on the bus
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How campers get to 475 work in PA & canteen The meaning behind Kie Kapisey
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Entertain yourself on 967 a 10 hour bus ride How to close a suitcase
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Gan Yisroel! Next year in Eretz Yisroel!
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A special thank you to OMZR LTENB For all their input!
שבת קודש פרשת ראה
My Endeh Reid What’s happenin’? I’ll tell you. First of all we had a grand Shmyonke. Sunday was IHE with someone who was able to read our minds, and magically speak to the whole camp without a mike. We also took a grand camp photo, which no one has ever seen. Monday we were about to take another picture, when they chased us into Shul and split us into two teams! That
night
we
w a t c h e d scavengers which had old p e o p l e , Shvartzes and a chicken. Tuesday, the first play had a hooded figure and a train. The second play had kings and Malochim. Wednesday after two Halacha chicken skits, we dressed up as patients, Indians, Chinese and Arabs. We walked in through and ambulance and 770, and sang and
laughed night!
the
entire
Thursday was the grand trip with 90 foot water slides, tornados and toilet bowls. The winners of color war were announced in the wave pool. Now camp is ending with playoffs in full swing. A Gut Yohr!
Halochos for color war 1) To keep campers calm during the grand sing, have them run around for an hour before the grand sing to let out their energy. 2) Make sure there is no red cloth used throughout color war to save a few pennies. 3) Have a lot of extra cloth so that
the staff can have fun putting it up during the night. 4) M a k e a r a f f l e b e f o r e announcing the winners. 5) Don’t let the campers know these rules. 6) If they found out, then make them leave camp!
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Open up! “Hellllllllllllloooooooooooooo! Open up! Open up I said!” “who goes there?”, “It’s me, the Shlemazal from Yehupitz!”. “What?! The Shlemazal from Yehupitz thinks he can just come knocking on the door of the king’s chamber like that? GO HOME!”. “Hey there king, how’s life?” “B”H doing great”, “what’s your favorite activity of the day?”, “learning classes!”. “Learning classes?! Are you crazy?”, “no I’m just actually, thinking of why I was put into this world. You see, in the beginning I thought that sports is it all, then I realized that the things that are really going to stay with me are, Guess what? Actually the things that we Farbrenged about and learnt! And that the Rebbe is
guiding me so lovingly – thereforein all my actions a Chosid I’ll strive to be, that is the flame of Gan Yisroel, which will burn in my heart, from you I will never depart!”. Hey! How did he start talking to the king all of a sudden? I thought they weren’t gonno let him in? Heheheheheheheh, you didn’t realize that the king is in the field. He’s not closed up in his palace any more, he is accessible to all, even the shlemazal from Yehupitz! Yes! That’s what Elul (The new Hebrew month starting this Shabbos) is all about. The king is in the field, out in the open, with no doors and silver-foil faced soldiers around him, you can go straight up
to him, and say: Hello I’m Mendel, and I want to be close to you. And guess what not only doesn't the king send you flying, he actually smiles at you with a big wide open smile, and invites you straight into his palace = Eretz Yisroel, more precisely Yerushalaim, more precisely The Beis Hamikdash, more precisely The Koidesh Hakodoshim, with the coming of Moshiach, which by now, after that amazing Color War – we know, IS COMING, RIGHT NOW! ‘CUSE THE SIMANIM OF GEULAH ARE HERE, AND THE REBBE SAID AS A NOVI THAT MOSHIACH’S COMING IN A HURRY! Right here! ANOVIM HIGIA ZMAN GEULASCHEM! (Smile we won!)
67% Punching the air 45% Shaking back and forth 87% Wild animals
1) Imitating Ohel Mickey 2) After sandbox accident camper found after spending days underground 3) Practicing for the color war play 4) Trying to hide from the head counselors
An interview ATH: How are you? CJS: Very good B”H! The staff are giving me a lot of attention!
This week we asked the following question to 1414 random campers and here are the results:
What is the definition of Chayus?
Explanations:
Most repeated chant of the summer: Kents Menashe(k)
0.1% Doing Mitzvos Mit A Bren
ATH: Did they always give you attention? CJS: Well in the beginning of the first month no one thought about me. ATH: No one? CJS: Maybe member.
Science for Oholei-Torah’nicks When you throw something on a bus that is moving forward, why doesn’t it fly backwards? Some say that it has to do with the fact that the bus is considered a room, and therefore no matter what is happening outside, the inside stays the same.
Most people don’t really understand what that is supposed to mean, and they are still trying to figure out an answer to this question. We here at A Tefach Hecher were busy thinking of an answer ourselves, and have come up with the following solution:
one
head
staff
ATH: What has to be done to take care of you? CJS: Well I need the help of basically every staff member in camp.
And that is why it doesn’t fly backwards, it’s as simple as that!
CJS: Mendy Marlow. He even mentioned me to the staff by the end of the first month. ATH: What happened second month? CJS: They started giving me more attention, but it wasn’t until a week ago that I really started getting taken care of.
ATH: Really? CJS: I hope so! ATH: Any final words?
Halacha of the week: When Davening one should remain in one place.
CJS: All my final and first words are going to be written all over me. ATH: What is your name? CJS: C’mon you can’t figure it out?
ATH: Who? The bus has four tires which are connected to the bottom of the bus, the middle of the bus is connected to the bottom of the bus, and the top of the bus is connected to the middle of the bus.
CJS: They finished during the eighteen minutes before Shabbos and I’m all ready to go!
ATH: Until when do you need to be taken care of? CJS: I was hoping they would finish taking care of me a couple of days ago, but all the staff were busy with color war and the grand trip. ATH: How are you now?
ATH: Really I could, but it would be weird if I say it, because usually the one I am interviewing says it. CJS: This time I’ll let you say it. ATH: You are Journal Shlita!
the
Camp
CJS: Good job! I hope you enjoy me when I come out!