Time Capsules with Shoafim & Nivonim!

A group of smiling kids sit together under a large tented area, raising plastic cups in a celebratory toast. Trees and a wooden building are visible in the background, creating a cheerful camp-like atmosphere.

This afternoon I had a chance to continue one of my favorite Ramah traditions!  After aruchat tzohorayim (lunch), I created a time capsule with the Shoafimers in the “It’s a Good Life” Chug, to be opened on the last Shabbat of their Nivonim summer.  Here are the Good Lifers raising a final blue drink l’chaim of the kayitz (summer)… Scroll down to see what happened next…

A group of smiling kids sit closely together under a tent, holding up drinks and looking at the camera. They appear happy and relaxed, wearing casual summer clothes and wristbands, with trees and cabins in the background.A group of smiling teens sit closely together on benches under a tent, holding up white cups in a cheer. They are outdoors on a wooden deck, with a building and open doors in the background.A group of kids wearing colorful party hats sit in a row under a canopy on a wooden deck, smiling and holding up cups as if making a toast. There are houses and trees in the background.

And then, just a few minutes later, I visited NIVONIM to open THEIR Shoafim “It’s a Good Life Chug” time capsule!  (Yes, we did the Good Life chug and made a time capsule, even during that summer when camp was cancelled because of Covid!)  We also opened a second time capsule they made last summer on the last Shabbat of their Machon summer.

A group of teens and an adult gather outdoors on a grassy area near a building. Some sit on benches, while others stand and look at papers and supplies on a tree stump. Trees and woodpiles are visible in the background.A white plastic container labeled Good Life Chug 2020 Time Capsule. Do not open ‘til November 2024 sits on a red wooden bench next to ziplock bags filled with handwritten notes on small pieces of paper.A group of teenagers sit on a wooden bench outdoors, smiling and laughing as one boy in a red shirt shows a piece of paper to his friends. Trees and grass are visible in the background.A group of teenage boys sit and stand outside, laughing and smiling as they look at papers and an old letter. Wood logs and branches are scattered in the background on a sunny day.

It was a fun trip down memory lane as Niv ’24 prepared to enter their final Shabbat as chanichim (campers)…

Categories: Director, Nivonim, Shoafim
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