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Shabbos, Yud Alef Av 5769
One more week...... That was the thought I had entering Shabbos. I realized I must chap arein and really take advantage because soon I am going to be heading back to yeshiva and I won't be amongst the wonderful staff and bochurim of YK. Anyway Shabbos was more lebidik being that it’s our second to last Shabbos. The Friday night meal had a special chayus and we heard words of inspiration from fellow bochurim. The maamer to learn on Shabbos morning was easier than usual so I finished getting tested on it before we davened shacharis. Shabbos afternoon Rabbi Kaplan, The Shliach to Tzfat, came to farbreng with my shiur. Motzei Shabbos we were in for a surprise. After Havdalah, we all were told to get our bathing suits and towels for a grand indoor post nine days swim! The Swimming pool was quite nice, and it was refreshing to be in some water after nine days. Anyway, we are about to begin our last week of learning here and I can't wait get it started, but hope that it never ends!!Friday, Yud Av 5769
I haven’t had a chance to update in a couple of days. My fast on Tisha Ba'av wasn't that bad especially because we broke it on a delicious hearty meal that you can only find in YK. Anyway this afternoon we went on a grand banana boating trip along the waters of the Kinneret. My boat flipped three times and it was quit hectic getting back on. We had a nice swim on a private beach over there afterwards and then headed back to YK to prepare for shabbos. Tty after shabbos!Tuesday, Zayin Av 5769
Waking up early for chassidus, we all learned our regular shiurim. Then after Shacharis, both teams presented their theme speeches. From the speeches we were able to see the uniqueness of each team name. After the speeches there was regular seder, only we learned another very interesting sicha in which the Rebbe speaks about each theme. After a short chazzarah and a quiz on the sicha, we had an amazing trivia game. The zal was divided into four team, and one of the maggidei shiurim stood in middle asking question to each team. The game was intense, and I learned many new things. During lunch I finished up my shiurim of chitas and Rambam, and I managed to squeeze in a amud of gemarah baal peh. After lunch, we all learned our theme songs and presented them in zal. It was quite a scene to see all the bochurim so involved in bringing out the toichen of their team name. After another seder and some more time to prepare, it was finally time to present the grand play. Each team did a great job, maybe another day I'll fill you in on exactly what the plays were about. After that we all made a grand cleanup and headed straight to bed. Thus concluded color war. The truth is I don't really care to find out who won. The main thing is that I learned a tremendous amount of new things, and I can't wait to put everything I learned into action!
