Pre-Bar’chu (pre-written) – Abby B, Oliver E, Hannah R

Abby B: Prayer is the way we speak to God.

Oliver E: Sometimes we pray alone; sometimes we pray with others.

Hannah R: Sometimes we pray out loud; sometimes we pray silently.

Abby B: Sometimes we pray with our words; sometimes we pray with our deeds.

Oliver E: Sometimes we say our prayers; sometimes we sing them.

Hannah R: However we choose to pray, God, we pray You will always hear us.

Abby B: Knock knock.

Oliver E: Who’s there?

Abby B: Bar.

Oliver E: Bar’chu?

Everyone: Na Lakum, please rise for the Bar’chu.

Pre-Shema – Samson, Cylus, Jonah, Matthew

Jonah/Cylus: Some people at camp have known each other for a long time.

Matthew/Samson: And some people have just met

Jonah: Even though our time spent together may vary

Cylus: Everyone is greeted with a “Welcome Home!”

Samson: And now everyone will come together again.

Matthew: The Shema is like a welcome to unity

All: So, the same way we all get welcomed home to camp, we now ask everyone to Na Lakum, please rise together for the Shema.

Pre-Amidah – Adira, Rebecca, Gillie, Syd

Rebecca: The Amidah is a prayer about legacy and those who came before us.

Adira: I can connect to this because my siblings came to camp before me and shared their experience and love for camp.

Gillie: Even though I am the first in my family to go to Camp Harlam, I hope that I can share the joy of being here with my family.

Syd: This all connects to the Amidah because it shows that we all come from different places but we come together in a big community at Camp Harlam.

Rebecca: Camp Harlam is a place where friends become family.

Adira: Our Harlam family connects us to the legacy of all those who came before us.

All: Na Lakum, please rise for the Amidah!

Pre – Shalom Rav – Charlie, Arin, Romy, Louise

Charlie: This next prayer is about peace.

Romy: Peace at camp means coming together.

Arin: Coming together at camp can mean gathering for services, evening ritual, and most activities.

Louise: Ending the week with simchah time brings calm and hope, similar to Shalom Rav.

All: In the last week, we challenge you to come together to find peace. Please join us in Shalom Rav.

Opening Reading – Ruby, Emme, Simona, Emma

Ruby: Sharon’s middah is Bitachon Atzmi, having confidence and independence. This means being proud and doing things on your own.

Emme: I show and find confidence and independence at camp when I climb the tower. You have to be confident in yourself when you climb so you can do your best and reach as high as you can.

Simona: At the start of my first year, I was excited, but also really nervous. As a couple of years passed, I started to feel more sure of myself. Camp felt more familiar to me and I started to learn more camp traditions. I finally feel confident in myself and camp truly feels like a second home to me.

Emma: My first summer of camp, I had to become more responsible and independent. I had to learn to take care of myself by keeping my area clean and folding my own laundry.

Ruby: Camp makes us all become more independent and confident in doing things on our own.

Everyone: Shabbat Sharon!

Pre- Chamocha – Carmel, Emma, Nora, Talia

Emma: When I think of freedom, I think of camp

Carmel: Camper Free choice is one of the activities that represents freedom to me

Talia: There are multiple examples that allow us campers to choose from

Nora: Like playing gaga, jibbetz trading, and being around other units

Emma: These are just a few examples of feeling free at camp

Carmel: And as we get older, our freedoms start to expand

Talia: When we go into the units of kfar and chavurah…

Nora: We get the time to be free during brown and green time. 

Emma: All of these examples lead back to the Mi Chamocha, because the Mi Chamocha is all about freedom. 

All: We challenge you to find freedom in your everyday life. Please join us in the Mi Chamocha.