Last night, Friday, I joined the CITs and SITs for their Kabbalat Shabbat service. Led entirely by the IT’s, this was a moving, funny, engaging service and I found myself thinking how fortunate Camp Tawonga is to have teens such as these stepping up the ranks to be future counselor’s, specialists and wilderness leaders. The theme of the evening was TIME, past present and future. Each IT led some part of the service, thrilling us with a song, wowing us with a teaching, or engaging us in an activity.



Many knew traditional blessings so we sang those too. A small group led us in writing Haikus about time. Here are two written by CITs: Ben Rego “It is a river, it is flowing endlessly, forever and always” Shayna Brown “Time’s like cherry pie, set in a window to cool, stolen if not watched.” As dusk turned to night Devorah taught us about the Ma’ariv Aravim prayer, we closed our eyes and welcomed Shabbat among friends.



Deborah Newbrun

Director