Pre-Chamocha – Buddy C, Max C, Nora F
Buddy C: Long ago, we were slaves in Egypt. After ten terrible plagues, Pharaoh finally told Moses that we could be free!
Max C: We could be free to celebrate Shabbat! We could be free to pray to God! We could be free to be Jewish!
Nora F: But just as we got to the sea, Pharaoh changed his mind again. His chariots and soldiers were coming to take us back to Egypt, back to slavery.
Buddy C: Just then, the sea parted and we safely crossed to the other side. We couldn’t believe it!
Max C: Mi chamochah ba-eilim, Adonai? We sang, “Who is like You, Adonai?”
Nora F: Today there are people who are not free. We promise that, with Your help, we will work hard to make sure that everyone is set free.
Everyone: Then all the world will sing with joy! Please join us in singing Mi Chamocha.
Pre-Shalom Rav – Jane B, JoJo M, Frida S
Jane B: What does peace look like?
JoJo M: It looks like Jacob and Esau hugging after many years apart.
Frida S: It looks like two countries signing a peace treaty.
Jane B: It looks like Rebecca comforting Isaac after the death of his mother, Sarah.
JoJo M: What does peace sound like?
Frida S: It sounds like kind words on a bad day.
Jane B: It sounds like a sincere apology and a promise to try harder.
JoJo M: It sounds like people who are different trying to understand each other.
Frida S: What does peace feel like?
Jane B: It feels like Joseph’s tears when he is reunited with his brothers.
JoJo M: It feels like people going outside without being afraid.
Frida S: It feels like everything is going to be okay.
Everyone: Please join us in singing Shalom Rav.
Opening Reading: Elsie, Leora, Adah, and Eve
Together: Shabbat Shalom Camp Harlam, welcome to Friday services
Adah: Nitzcahon means pushing through a challenge
Eve: In Carmel, we push through a lot of challenges like leading Shabbat for the first time.
Elsie: Like making new friends because it’s my first time at camp.
Adah: A challenge for me is getting new responsibilities like sharing a bunk and being respectful to all my bunkmates.
Leora: This is the longest I have been away from my family. Making new friends helps me feel less homesick.
Elsie: We are able to push through so many challenges because camp is a safe place.
Eve and Leora: We hope you can reflect on the challenges you faced at camp.
All: We hope you can find nitzachon outside of camp.
Pre-Shema: Ben, Aaron, Owen
Ben: The shema is a prayer that tells us that god is one. The word in Hebrew for one is echad. All of us are echad and that includes the people who live in Israel and all of the Jewish people everywhere.
Aaron: This prayer tells us to believe in god, that god is one, god is everywhere and nowhere at the same time and that we are all part of god.
Owen: Shema means to listen which relates to our middah, Nitzachon, pushing through a challenge. Believing in something you can’t see is a challenge for all of us.
Ben: But knowing that we are all using nitzachon to have faith that god is there.
Aaron: As we sing Shema, we remember that god is always there.
Owen: Please join us in singing the Shema as one.
All: Na Lakum for the Shema
Pre-Barchu: Ida, Ziva, Ellis, and Ezra
Ida: The Barchu is about coming together. We all come together by going up the hill when we celebrate Shabbat, just like we come together when someone in the bunk is sad.
Ziva: The Barchu is about coming together and praying, and in Carmel we come together to help our friends. I was in the play and I helped people.
Ellis: What makes Carmel special is that it’s 3rd and 4th grade so if someone is in 4th and someone else is in 3rd, Carmel would be the only year you would be in the same bunk. Also, when all of Carmel comes together, we can make one big community.
Ezra: We prepared for the play by practicing it all day and doing it over and over again. I remembered the words for the play and was able to sing because I was prepared. Barchu prepares us to pray together.
All: Na Lakum for the Barchu