Dear Morasha Yachad Families,

Here in Morasha Yachad the days are long and fun, but the weeks seem to fly by. On Monday, we entered camp to crowds of friends waiting to greet us. After settling in camp, unpacking, and getting to know our bunkmates, we joined the camp for an exhilarating fireworks show as we celebrated the 4th of July. Campers began regular activities – swimming, basketball, volleyball and more – while the vocational members had orientation, received their schedules, and began their jobs. We played an awesome game of human bingo where all Yachad participants had to introduce themselves and learn about each other as they filled out bingo boards containing interesting fun facts rather than numbers. On Wednesday the entire camp dressed up and danced their hearts out as the “silent” DJ (everyone was given headphones that played music at the volume of their choice) blasted music for Purim in July. After the party quieted down, vocational members enjoyed their first late night mishmar of the summer where we ate snacks, heard Divrei Torah from some of our peers and a shiur on Hilchos Muktzeh. On Thursday we woke up early, loaded coach buses, and spent the day at Hershey Park!! It was so fun! Because Thursday night was a late night, we got to enjoy a late wake up Friday morning. After sleeping in and relaxing in the morning, we geared up for a 5k marathon through camp followed by a large scale carnival. As we prepare ourselves for the first Shabbos of camp, we can’t help but think of all the exciting activities we did this past week and the amazing memories we now all share with each other.

Feel free to view more pictures from this past week here: https://www.yachad.org/camper-morasha/gallery/1008316862617116/week-1-at-morasha-yachad-2016/

*Stay tuned for WORKERS OF THE WEEK – coming next week!

WORDS OF THE WISE:

At mishmar, vocational workers are given the opportunity to share words of Torah with the group in addition to hearing a short shiur.

By: Joey Lerner (and Tal Singer)
This week’s parsha is my Bar Mitzvah parsha, so I wanted to share some thoughts with you.
In this week’s parsha, Korach rebelled against Moshe and Aaron. Moshe tried to convince KOrach not to rebel, but Korach did not listen. So Hashem told Moshe he has to move all of his people’s tents away from Korach’s tents. Once everyone was moved far away from Korach, Korach and all of his followers were swallowed up by the ground.
I think the message of the story of Korach is to have trust in Hashem. Because Moshe and Aaron listened to Hashem and trusted His word, their lives were saved. Korach served Hashem, but did not listen and trust His commands.

Wishing you a restful Shabbos,
Laura Fruchter & Benjy Leibowitz