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W ho is faster than a speed-ing bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and earns lots of points? A Camp Achdus camper! The Kfiratorium is transformed every morning into a lively Beis Medrash. Campers in Alef, Ches, and Daled daven and then attend their respective shiurim given by Yisroel Meir Burger, Rabbi Ye-hoshua Duskis, and Rabbi Reu-ven Goldstein. Meanwhile, Vuv and Suf campers learn with Rabbi Nulman or their esteemed chavrusas, the erudite counselors we are so proud to have.
From the Chessers and Daleders learning mishnayos to the Vuver and Suffers learning Gemara Kid-dushin, everyone can and is accu-mulating a fortune in eternal, priceless reward. As a small bonus, Camp Achdus also supplements those points with less valuable (but more tangi-ble) GPS Points, named after a very famous navigator.
The points are bh rolling in faster than they can be spent on delicious can-teen treats and fabulous prizes! The prestigious Top Ten point leaders in Vuv and Suf are posted daily on the Wall of Fame in the Kfiratorium. A
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The first week of camp was a little bit meshigeh! You disagree? Well, letmeeeeexplain!
We wrapped up a few boys in toilet paper. Yechiel Green-span was one of the Wrappors and Mordechai Mosheyev was one of the Wrappees. Motty Kolodny served ketchup blind-folded to Moishy Couzens. Pinny Elbaum drank 13 cups of water in 4 minutes and Shloimy Ribiat drank a concoction the contents of which we are still not sure. The counselors decided to put on an impromptu play about the importance of Avaca-do. It turns out that the active ingredient in Avacado is Vitamin Chof Gimel. Who woulda thunk it?
There was also Human Bingo! Tuvia Rosen came in first place. He found out that Yaa-kov N. was born in the same month as him, S.M.S. can touch his tongue to his nose, and Efraim P. has a broken arm.
In other news, Avromy Pol-lack and Daniel Brenner stood at the front of the Kfirato-rium and told stories. At the
same time! Matty Brennen performed a skit in front of the whole camp about a king who wants to go to Eretz Yisroel. The counselors wondered Who Wants to Buy a Duck, which somehow morphed into Who Wants to Run Camp Achdus with Mrs. Goldstein! Shlomo Feld-man threw a football into a bucket over 100 ft away. Oh I almost forgot about the Brothers game! Did you know that Zach Bril wants to be a Soccer player when he grows up and the Baumingers favorite food is Cheese Blintzes? Did you know that if you have a brother in camp, the likelihood of you agreeing to do your chores when asked falls substantially? Well now we know a lot of things that maybe we really dont want to know!
We also went to Flyers Skate Zone and froze our kahoozees off while listening to Everybody wants Moshiach for the 400th time. Its hard to believe we did so much in a week and that is besides the sports and swim-ming we did at the new Simon Clanaman pool!
SMILING ON THE FIELD: Shloimy B. and Dovid S.
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Monday
The week started off with some
unbelievable learning groups!
Davening was powerful as bunks Ches and
Daled belted out the different parts of
Davening with Rabbi Dave Lubell. Tickets
were won and prizes were given for ex-
traordinary prayer sessions.
Hey, who is that man carrying a large
bag of sports equipment? Yes, it is Mr. Ira
Somers, back once again for Somers
Sports! Soccer, Hockey, Kickball! No sport
is too preposterous for the majestic Mr.
Somers!
The first game of Leagues be-
gan!!! The four teams, Afar, Aish, Mayim
and Ruach battled it out to see who would
be the final conquerors. Alas, the games
did not count yet as they were exhibition
games. At lunch, the counselors put on a
hilarious play about a hair stylist/barber
who actually thought he was a cook. Un-
fortunately, Shloime Ribiats hair was the
recipient of Yisroel Meirs tragic mistake.
As always, tickets were picketed and
freeze pops were won. But
thats beside the point!
We ended the day
with a crazy game
of Actionary. Da-
vid Bril, Dani Hor-
witz, Aharon Nul-
man, and Idan
Bitas fought over a
Lulav and Esrogor
was it a baseball bat?
Who knows! This is ac-
tionary, and you never know
where the silent skit shall take you.
Tuesday
Fast Day went so fast we didnt even
have any camp...
Wednesday The day started out
with the recitation of
Tehilim for the dire situ-
ation in the Holy Land
and then we were off to our
regularly scheduled davening
and learning Groups. Rabbi
Duskis plied the young
Achdus children with power-
ful kitchen Torah about the
Yomim Tovim, and Rabbi
Goldstein filled the hallways
with sound of holiday teach-
ings. The rest of the day
passed by very quickly, as
the students and campers of
Camp Achdus had so much
fun they lost all of their
watches. Bunk Alef played a mean game
of soccer and made 3D Rosh Hashana
Cards. Bunk Ches ate a mean lunch and
shopped at the canteen.
The rest of the camp had leagues, and
then the real fun started. The boys board-
ed the Maytav busses and headed to swim
in one of the wettest pools in the Eastern
hemisphere. Mr. Clanamans pool would
be the wettest but his half
brother on his mothers
side has a pool 2 degrees
wetter in Perth Amboy.
The boys returned
from swimming to
see their money dis-
appear. No not really!
It was M.M.M: Magical
Magician Michael, who
found Dovid Nulmans
dollar bill in the middle of a
lemon and made David Bril (on his
very Bar Mitzvah Day) look like Mickey
Mouse! It was a very strange magic show
when his rabbit buzzard ate someones
card and he stuck a real pin through a real
balloon and did not pop it. Another crazy
hazy day at Camp Achdus!
Thursday The day once again starts off
with dazzling davening and lumdishe
learning. Yechiel Greenspan klerred a cha-
kira from Rav Boruch Ber that was mamish
a velts kasha! As we speak, he is up to
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4,400 points which translates
to a fairly large amount of
freeze pops! After learning,
Mr. Sommers is back, but
thats not even the most
active part of the day! Go
Carts are back on at Camp
Achdus along with EZ Rollers
and Scooters. What a great
activity! And what is that
large flat box sitting on the
office floor? Oh its our
brand new Air Hockey Ta-
ble!!! Yahoo!!! The Game
room is now double the
fun!!!
Lunch is delicious, but not
nearly as edible as Sing Your
Mouth Out with our new
reigning champion, Avrohom
Yitzchok Duskis. He sang
some really great songs com-
posed by his very own fa-
ther!
Following the lingering
lunch, Bunks Alef and Ches
played a mad game of bal-
loon-a-rama. How many bal-
loons can you keep up in the
air? Two, Five, Ten? We shall
see, we shall see.
The day ended with a
brand new game brought to
Camp Achdus: Skits in A Bag!
Each bunk got a bag and had
to use those props for a very
strange play. That was fine
for Bunk Alef because it was
1973 and that was a very
strange year as everyone
knows. Bunk Ches tried to kill
someone with a wire hanger
but BH that came to a quick
stop. Bunk Daled played a
Baseball game with garbage
but somehow scored 50 runs
anyway. Bunk Vov Katan
made fun of their teacher
and tried to poison him to
death and Vov Suf took an
entire bank hostage (I think).
Bunk Vov Kattan won the day
and a free trip to Ritas!!!
Friday
Its a beautiful Sunny day
at Camp Achdus! Thats no
surprise but whats crazy is
the Fast Food, Electrical Ap-
pliances and Torah Heroes.
Yes we played FFEATH! For
lunch we played some more
games and said a loud and
resounding Sha Sha Shabbat
Shalom!!! Between that &
Air Hockey, Camp ROCKS! A
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Bunk Ches plays an enthusi-astic game of soccer
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MASMID OF THE WEEK
David Bril
Mazel Tov to our very esteemed bunk suffer, DAVID BRIL, on his
Bar Mitzvah this week!
Meatball of the Week
Aharon Nulman