Thursday 31st July

After ‘Rabbi Time’ and breakfast, the group jumped on the coaches which were headed to Bellewarde Park, one of the biggest theme parks in the whole of Europe. The atmosphere on the coach was amazing with participants laughing, chatting and singing together as they looked forward to the day ahead of them.  

As we pulled up to the theme park car park, gasps were heard as the group saw the size of the rides. For the more daring, they were soon to dive into the splash of Niagra and face the breath-taking hurricane ride.

For those less fond of rides, they were able to enjoy dozens of other attractions and the surroundoing nature. Bellewarde is home to lions, tigers, monkeys and elephants, we all enjoyed looking at these wonderful animals.

In light of the current, tragic, events in Israel and Gaza, when we got back, both camps came together and joined a global movement to say the Shema at 7 pm Israel time. This idea had quickly spread across the world and had thousands upon thousands of Jews uniting in prayer in support of the State of Israel and it's brave soldiers. Although we obviously wish we needn't have rallied together to do this, it was an extremely poignant moment for all the Chanichim and Madrichim, and will no doubt be a memorable moment for everyone.

This was followed by dinner and then the third Challenge of the week, the theme of this was ‘The Hebrew Language’ participants practiced words and learnt about the origin of the Hebrew language,

as well as it’s speedy progression.

Tonight the activity was a bonfire, we all gathered round and watched the captivating flames, gaining warmth from the fire and the atmosphere.

It was clear to see how even though it was only day 3 of camp, the group had bonded so nicely.

See you tomorrow.

The Tribe Team.