Blog Post-Ethan Amar
Yesterday at Hershey Park was one of the best experiences I’ve had. All the rides were just incredible w the high speeds, and insane drops. My favorite part of it all though was how I got to be w all my friends and have fun together. I think without out them this trip wouldn’t have been the same. When we all went together on Skyrush we all were screaming but it was very fun. After a while at the park the whole camp meet up and we all prayed and ate together. When we finished we went back in the park for 3 more hours. Then when we were finished they called us in and we went on the bus and back to camp.This was one of the most fun day of my summer and my life. This has been definitely the Best. Summer. Ever.
-Ethan Amar
Blog Post-Yehuda Eisenberg
Camp so far has been awesome! For example, we went on the best trip in the world! We went to laser tag and it was insane. We played disc golf, had a fun game of laser tag, and also arcade, and then we went to an insane indoor sport facility. There was basketball, ultimate, soccer and a lot of fun! On Wednesday, we were supposed to go to the Hagerstown Suns baseball game, but unfortunately it got rained out. But then, the next Rabbi Green bounced back, and we all went to Dave and Busters. It was insane, everybody having fun playing games and winning prizes. I won a big bulldog and there was more: right after that we went to a trampoline house. It was so much fun; we had campers vs counselors dodgeball, of course the campers won. We had America Ninja Warrior course and then we had an in insane mishmar with awesome learning and I had a really good learning partner (Ilan Steinmetz). Then there were insane mishmar prizes. There was a speaker, there was NCSY swag, a skateboard, and Bean BoozledTM. I won some swag and a basketball net hat, and then we had a giant BBQ.
Then came Friday. We had the usual morning of davening, learning, getting ready for the rap off, playing sports, and going to Walmart, and then came Shabbos. We started it off with a beautiful kabbalat Shabbat with awesome dancing, and then moved on to maariv, and after we had a really nice meal with beautiful singing, and a new Friday night game, we went to a rabbi or somebody else’s house for an oneg. I went to Rabbi Cooper. It was nice, fun and full of laughter. Then came Shabbos morning. We had a really nice shacharis followed by Elliot Tanzman’s beautiful musaf, and a really fun meal with pizza man, bumble bee tuna, and of course Robby’s rants, and then at 5 o’clock, we had Rita’s Ices followed by some really nice shiurim and super seder. Then came mincha and then came my personal favorite part of Shabbos: the ebbing. We all sat outside with beautiful singing and great dvar torahs capped off by a beautiful speech and lesson by Rabbi Green and maariv.
Then came Saturday night we had an insane rap off with so many awesome raps and then we had a lot of dancing and to cap it off we had pizza, ice cream and French fries. Thank you all the staff for an awesome party!
And of course, how can we talk about camp without talking about the sports (so much fun), so many good games, and good plays. I love Rabbi Fried’s Plays of the Week on Shabbos right after davening even though he is not only inaccurate with the plays but also with the kids’ names.
I hope everyone is having as good of a summer like me!
-Yehudah Eisenberg
Tefillin Rap -Bernie Goldberg’s Group
BEN-
Yo, there’s 7 ideas of tefillin that we got to learn just chillin
We put on tefillin to remember the miracle
To connect us to the spiritual
Serving accepting Hashem and his laws, desires, temptation are some of our flaws
So, we have to dedicate ourselves to Hashem’s cause
CHORUS-
The tefillin we wear it’s a shame some don’t care
Proudly we will become aware of the mitzvot we gain without any pain
Why would we throw it away
JESSE-
To strengthen the weak to remember and sustain, tefillin is a sign of love from which we gain
Tefillin is our crown of royalty we are the proud chosen people, a minority
Tefillin we bind to keep Hashem in our mind, so we are free of sin and avoid din
CHORUS-
The tefillin we wear it’s a shame some don’t care
Proudly we will become aware of the mitzvot we gain without any pain
Why would we throw it away
BERNIE-
We are Hashem’s team we are his chosen nation, we wear his tefillin as identification
Impurity to purity tefillin has always been our security
EVERYONE-
The Jews are on a rise now rabbi Weiner hand over our prize
Tefillin Rap- Yaakov Berman’s Group
Wake up in the morning feeling all the way down
Feeling like my soul is mamish on the ground
Every day tryin’a have my path found
Screaming out loud but I can’t make a sound
Outta nowhere comes this crazy advisor
All he wants to do is bring me up higher
Tryin’a show me that I can wear my crown
I know it’s a challenge but I can’t back down
Strengthening my faith day by day
I know that HaShem is protecting the way
Building love every time I pray
For once in my life I know it’ll be ok
והיה לך אות על ידך
ולזיכרון בין עיניך
For 2000 years we’ve been dying to say
That we can wrap every day
Dedication, identification, purification
Through these ways I will find my foundation
Tefilli Rap-Barak Bader’s Group
(We The Best nation )
( No Another One)
DJ Khaled
[Justin Bieber (DJ Khaled):]
Yeah, you’re lookin’ at the truth, the Torah never lie, no
God’s the one, yeah, God’s the one
Early mornin’ in the dawn, know you wanna wrap it up now. (Let’s wrap.)
God’s the one, yeah. (Let’s wrap.)
God’s the one, yeah
Hear, you’re sick of all those other imitators
Don’t let the only real one intimidate you
See you watchin’, don’t run outta time now
God’s the one, yeah, oh-eh-oh oh-eh-oh
God’s the one oh-eh-oh oh-eh-oh
God’s the only one oh-eh-oh oh-eh-oh
God’s the one oh-eh-oh oh-eh-oh
God’s the only one
[Quavo:]
Yo, yo.
God’s the one that bring them rain drops, rain drops.
We go back, remember mitzrayim and , the yam ?
Eygpt the one that held us down the land’s hot, hot.
God’s make your dreams come true when you wake up. Dream.
And our faith just the same without no miracles , eh.
Had to pull up with your strong arm , see what their made of. Yea yea .
Ain’t gotta worry ’bout ’em dem nation’s ’cause my God’s up, hey
‘Cause u promise when we step out you’ll be famous, yeah
(Gods the one)
Tefillin are our sign
To not look at the world blind
We have a divine Creator
He is the worlds administratorar
(No other one)
Above nature, beyond time
He gave us something physical
To represent the spiritual
Tefflin are our remembrance
To keep us from all that decadence
Dedicate our actions and watch our eyes
It keep us a way from all the lies
(Wrap it up)
Shama yirael
And the jews won’t fail
Hashem ached
That’s the uniqueness of God
[Justin Bieber (DJ Khaled):]
Yeah, you’re lookin’ at the truth, the Torah never lie, no
God’s the one, yeah, God’s the one
Early mornin’ in the dawn, know you wanna wrap now. (Let’s wrap.)
God’s the one, yeah. (Let’s wrap.)
God’s the one, yeah
Hear, you’re sick of all those other imitators
Don’t let the only real one intimidate you
See you watchin’, don’t run outta time now
[Justin Bieber:]
God’s the one, yeah, oh-eh-oh oh-eh-oh
God’s the one oh-eh-oh oh-eh-oh
God’s the only one oh-eh-oh oh-eh-oh
God’s the one oh-eh-oh oh-eh-oh
God’s the only one
(No other one)
[Chance The Rapper:]
Okay, though
When I met God in the desert I asked what he felt
Then God went and put that Torah on that new temple
We don’t got no idols
God say he wants Jewish survival , he ain’t got no rivals
God don’t need no fame , thats just not his game
God just watching , his followers just flocking . Okay, though.
God want a nation to stop the contamination and not be an abomination
God that’s only us , leave your enemies in the dust,
(Gods the one)
[Justin Bieber (DJ Khaled):]
Yeah, you’re lookin’ at the truth, the Torah never lie, no
God’s the one, yeah, God’s the one
Early mornin’ in the dawn, know you wanna wrap now. (Let’s wrap)
God’s the one, yeah. (Let’s wrap)
God’s the one, yeah
Hear, you’re sick of all those other imitators
Don’t let the only real one intimidate you
See you watchin’, don’t run outta time now
God’s the one, yeah, oh-eh-oh oh-eh-oh
God’s the one oh-eh-oh oh-eh-oh
God’s the only one oh-eh-oh oh-eh-oh
God’s the one oh-eh-oh oh-eh-oh
God’s the only one
[Justin Bieber (DJ Khaled):]
(Another one)
Don’t you know, now, don’t you know, now
God’s the one for you (God’s the one), yeah, God’s the one
Don’t you know, now, don’t you know, now
God’s the one for you (God’s the one), yeah, God’s the one
Don’t you know, now, don’t you know, now
God’s the one for you (God’s the one), yeah, God’s the one
Don’t you know, now, don’t you know, now
God’s am the one for you (God’s the one), yeah, God’s the one
(All)
Tefillin Rap-Abie Hersch
Waking up and wearing Teffilin builds a kesher with our god, I know when I put on my Teffilin the connections feeling strong, what was a powerful relationship just turned into a bond, cause when I think about religion my Teffilin corresponds.
Asher Kidishanu Bimitzvotam Vitzivanu La’aniach Teffilin, we want to wake up in the morning but a challenge lies within, so we accept the Teffilin challenge it’s a marathon no sprint, and there ain’t no better feeling than when we wake up and we win.
My Teffilin started as a job and then that job turned into love, I want to make my family proud up to my ancestors above, my bais pointing towards my heart got my mind checking off the chart, I got my crown above my hairline the Brachot about to start.
We’re rapping about Teffilin can’t rap till we rap our Teffilin, got that spiritual feeling like our hands up to the ceiling, my Teffilin turned to habit it’s like eating sleeping breathing, my kavanas kinda crazy sometimes open my eyes screaming, I keep believing. My Emunah is never in doubt, cause I just put on my Teffilin and I figure it out. Totafot between my eyes the signs I’m wearing them proud, because I’m building up that Kesher that’s what Teffilins about.
Tefillin Rap -Yonatan Ginsburg and Rafi Setnik
Tefillin, you wanna know what they are?
As I recall, the boxes on your head and your arm?
If you notice, fairly oftenly they’ll leave a red mark
Or an indentation, but that shows that you’re shtark
Kedusha in your heart, soul, and shabbos lights
These phylacteries give kedushah all around, aight?
While on the body you’re on a higher plane ,
Putting G-d above all else, a relationship with Him you claim.
These black boxes are worn by everybody,
Ashkies and Sefards, promoting camp sports equality.
Jews around the world, wearing the same black straps,
all of this is said in the context of this rap
Between your eyes, on your door, ’round your arm, bought in bookstores, especially getting 25 bucks from the OU, I guess it’s their priority and make us holy Jews
Black Strap phylacteries, the other half of me, like vines round some fresh sapp-lings, the Maharal did, don’t be talkative, when placing these leather straps round your ligaments,
you must kiddin’ me, he’s the epitome, more so than the pitom of the etrog on the citron tree.
Geshmak as Gul would say,
Each and every day,
That holiness penetrates,
Hashem opens his gates,
’cause he accepts our praise,
Wrap ’em up after you pray
Us Jews wear em
To get closer to hashem
Abie Hersh -Day 2
Today was my first official day in Camp Sports. I had more fun playing my first two league games than I’ve had in a long time, and meeting so many amazing people was part of the incredible Camp Sports experience. Camp seems to be a really chilled out place where I can learn and grow in many different areas. When I first got here I was nervous because I was going to a new place where I didn’t know too many people, but I’m already wondering what I was nervous about in the first place. Today was the first day of what might be the best month of my life.
– Abie Hersh
First day of Camp Sports- Hillel Freiheit
I entered the airport with a sense of uncertainty about what would happen in the next few hours. This was my first summer at sleep away camp and I had no idea what it would be like. I entered the Air Canada terminal and saw my friend Aaron Nash, who would be accompanying me on my journey to Baltimore. After stopping at Tim Hortons for our last taste of Canada before crossing the border, we boarded the plane and headed to what we knew would be our Best. Summer. Ever. We had a smooth flight, and after we picked up our luggage, we met Shuey Hochman Who drove us to 7/11 and bought us Slurpees. Soon, we arrived at camp and were immediately greeted by a familiar face, our local NCSY staff member Tzvi Tabakman. As we settled in, we quickly saw how welcoming everyone was. Candy was stuck to the walls. After walking around for a short while, both of us got to know a lot of the people here. We are looking forward to the summer but the bus of New York kids just arrived and we have to go meet them.
-Hillel From Toronto