Fall Seminar 2008

Shalom l'kulam,

Just 10 days ago marked the first big eizor event in eizor Galil. 140 chanichim and 60 tzevet came to Camp Galil in Ottsville, PA to spend a shabbat reunited with old friends. Our attendees came not just from the greater Philadelphia area, but from New York and Washington D.C. as Na'aleh (The Habonim Dror camp in NY) attended our seminar as well. Friday evening we started singing our kabbalat shabbat songs as if we sang them at camp the week before. After a delicious dinner the chanichim found out who there tzevet was and they went off to their tzrifim to have some icebreakers. To end the evening we came back to the chadar ochel for rikud.
Saturday was filled with Shabbat chugim, peulah shichvah, and a special event known as "The great Olympics of Fall Seminar 2008" where teams competed in 11 events to defend their honors. As the day continued we finished with our per usual Saturday evening schedule of musical, havdallah, and a short medurah.
Sunday morning we departed from Galil and the giant trees who were starting to turn shades of red, orange, and yellow. Fall Seminar was just the first of many eizor galil events so stay tuned to the newsletter.

Mazkirut Eizor Galil - Ben, Josh, Nora, and Ron

Hebrew translations
Shalom l'kulam - Hello to all
chanichim - kids
tzevet - staff
kabbalat shabbat - welcoming the shabbat
tzrifim - cabins
chadar ochel - dining hall
rikud - Israeli folk dancing
chugim - interest groups
peulah shichvah - activity with age group
musical - a relaxed atmosphere of songs and performance
havdallah - rapping up shabbat
medurah - skits around the bondfire