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Bais Rivka Day Camp 5775
Newsletter Parshas Pinchas Volume 1 Issue 2
To our dear Friendly Fantas!
Wow! That sure was one hectic and refreshing week!
Mr. Fanta Man told us we had to work on our character to become friendlier and nicer
people. So we had an Ahavas Yisroel string hunt where we had to help each other make the
longest possible string. You should have seen how nicely we were all working together! Then
we went swimming, swimming, in the swimming pool.. when days are hot, and super hot in the
swimming pool! We played hug a bear, and red-rover through the sprinklers too!
On Tuesday, all of our friends from around the world came to join us. Let me tell ya , those
Africans, Asians, Israelis, Americans, and Russians sure brought on a cultural experience.
We had an International Fair, going from one country to the next, where we either did a
craft, played their music, or tasted their food.
On Wednesday we had baking, art and Tzivos Hashem. Then for lunch, we had a yummy
BBQ in the park! We got to go to Prospect Park where we ran through those misty sprinklers
and played in the sandy sandboxes.
Great Adventures here we come! Thursday was the smashing grand trip day! We went flying
high on those roller coasters and even had a hunt around the park… It was such a ball! To
top that off, some of us got to go to the Art Café, where we painted out own pottery.
Our week ended off with a smashing bang on Friday! You should have seen those adorable
Looking forward to seeing all those smiley, jolly, joyful Ginger-Ales next week.
Love, Friendly Fanta
Monday
At our next week
Tuesday
Birthday
Day!
Older Division
Grand trip
Swimming for 1st,
3rd,4th and 5th
Grade
Swimming for 1st
Grade
Wednesday Thursday
Kids ‘n’ Action
1st and 2nd
Grade
Simcha Smiley
Day
Swimming for
bunks 5-27
Friday
Frizzy Freckle
Friday
Malka Tauger
Surprise
Shabbos Party!
Dvar Torah Time
“Shirah is so lucky!” Rochel Leah said to her mother as she walked into the house. She had just returned
from a good-bye party her friends had made for Shirah, who was going to spend the summer in Eretz
Yisrael with her grandparents. “I wish I could go to Eretz Yisrael, too.”
“Well, you visited Uncle Mendel and Aunt Chaya in California last summer,” said her sister Bassie.
“Yes, but going to Eretz Yisrael is much more special,” sighed Rochel Leah.
“Eretz Yisrael is very special,” agreed the girls’ mother. “In this week’s parshah,Pinchas, we read some
stories that took place as the Jewish people were getting ready to enter the Holy Land.”
“I know one of them,” declared Rochel Leah. “I even wrote an essay on it for our Chumash teacher at the
end of last year. We were supposed to pick a character in the Chumash whom we really looked up to and
liked. I chose the daughters of Tzelofchod who loved Eretz Yisrael so much that they insisted that they
also deserved a portion in the Land. They got it, too!”
“Another episode is the goral — the lottery,” added Bassie. “Moshe prepared twelve pieces of parchment
which had different territories of Eretz Yisraelinscribed on them. Each nassi — head of the tribe —
picked out one piece of parchment, and that was the territory that was given to that tribe.”
“Girls,” said their mother, “did you know that a spectacular miracle happened as the lottery was drawn?”
“I remember learning that the piece of parchment called out its boundary and its tribe as it was chosen,”
said Bassie.
“Yes. Are you wondering why HaShem made such a miracle? Doesn’t it seem as if there was no need for
this miracle? After all, all the information was written on the parchment. Why did the parchment have to
speak as well? The reason is that this miracle teaches us how special Eretz Yisrael is and how muchHa-
Shem cares about our Holy Land. It was an extra miracle for a land which is extra special.”
“You know, girls, Eretz Yisrael is not just a land with boundaries we can see on the map. It is a place
where HaShem’s holiness is more openly than anywhere else. Do you know what that means? It means
that Shirah isn’t the only one who can be in Eretz Yisrael this summer.
“You mean, you’re going to send us, Mommy?”
“Probably not this summer. But listen to this story. A chossid once asked the Tzemach Tzedek if he
should move to Eretz Yisrael, where he would devote his life to learning Torah and serving HaShem.
The Tzemach Tzedek replied, “Make this place Eretz Yisrael!”
“What the Tzemach Tzedek was saying was that when our lives are filled with Torah and mitzvos, wherever we go is like Eretz Yisrael: wherever we go, we are drawing down HaShem’s holiness into our world.
Living our lives this way will make Mashiach come ever so much faster, and then we will all be in the actual land.”
(Adapted from Sichos Shabbos Parshas Pinchas, 5751)
Dear Parents,
From participating in Esther Sandler’s 104th birthday party and submitting
entries for the Ahavas Yisroel Poem and Picture Contest to making cards
and packing packages for sick children and learning yet more Tzivos
Hashem, we had one action packed Ahavas Yisroel Week! But it’s not time to
rest yet! This week is Shabbos Mevorchim and that means it’s time to say
some …. Drumroll please…. Teilliim! So, please encourage your maidel to
say at least her grade’s share of tehilim and return the signed paper on
Monday together with her Cheshbon Nefesh Checklist so that she can
receive a fresh and yummy cupcake!!!!
Sincerely,
Yocheved Geisinsky
It’s Shabbos Mevorchim! Say at least your grade’s
amount (or equivalent number of prakim) of Tehillim
and bring this paper back signed on Monday for a deliciously crispy Cupcake!
1st grade
2nd grade
‫ א‬-‫ה‬
‫א‬- ‫ט‬
3rd grade
‫א‬- ‫יד‬
4th grade
‫א‬- ‫כ‬
5th grade
‫א‬- ‫כה‬
My daughter ____________________________ in
bunk _______ said ______________________
of
tehilim!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Proudly __________________________________
Reminders

Older Division Grand Trip is on Tuesday. Please
make sure your daughter is wearing a camp T-shirt.
Please see attached note for details.
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3rd Grade Luna Park-$10.00
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4th, 5th and Pioneers Quassy Water Park $25.00

Please makes sure to send Sunscreen and water bottles
with your daughter each day

Please make sure your daughter is wearing Tznius
Clothing that covers her knees, elbows, and collar bones
at all times.
Bunk Aleph
Our Hachis are
Really terrific!
Rochel Goldberg
Penima Sobel
Bunk Gimmel
Bunk Zayin
Bryna Sudak
Aliza Kuperman
Sara Simons
Bunk Hey
Bunk Beis
Raizy Schapiro
Sarah Lison
Perry Sacho
Esther Benjaminson
Chaya Lipsker
Bunk Daled
Rivky Perlow
Bunk Vov
Shaina Samuels
Rivka Brod
Bunk Chof Beis
Tzerna Rappoport
Bunk Chof Aleph
Bunk Ches
Chaya Backman
Leah Veiner
Shaina Wolf
Esty Labkofsky
Chaya Gurevitz
Chana Wolf
Bunk Chof
Mushka Benjaminson
Bunk Chof Gimmel
Bunk chof Zayin
Yael Rubinstein
Shternie Levin
Nechamie Hotlzberg
Chaya Mahatuf
Bunk Chof Hey
Bunk Chof Daled
Chana Levin
Ashira Sztabzyb
Malky Veiner
Zelda Kupperman
Bunk Chof Vov
Sarah Koyfman
Heyna Motchkin
In A Flash
In A Flash