After a long day of fun on Thursday, the excitement continued for finalists of the Chidon Sefer Hamitzvos. Contestants started the day with davening in 770 before having a filling breakfast with their teammates. A trip to ice skating followed, then bowling and a pizza lunch. Boys were picked up in double-decker buses and taken to Klein’s Ice Cream before coming back to Crown Heights to prepare for Shabbos.
Friday night was spent with host families in Crown Heights, and Shabbos morning began another inspiring, fun-filled day of the Chidon Shabbaton. Boys met in 770 for Chassidus and mezonos, then Shacharis and time in the Rebbe’s house. Afterward all Chidon contestants enjoyed a big meal together in Oholei Torah with chayusdike singing and divrei Torah, lead by Rabbi Shimon Rivkin, Director of Cteen International.
Chidon skits were created by each team after lunch, incorporating mitzvos from the Yahadus books that contestants have been studying for months. Points were given to each team based on their performances’ creativity and content. After shalosh seudos and seder niggunim, contestants headed back to their host families for a good night’s’ sleep— it will be needed to prepare for the culmination of the Chidon Shabbaton on Sunday: the grand game show competition!
im from the chidon and im from ch nd i had a blast not only that ur having so much fun and u dont evan feel the fact ur teird
and also one night ull have 8 hours instead on 9 and all the other things that was posted by chidon finalests i agree with them
I understand that from a mother’s veiw point it may not look good but I was in chidon and it was a blast. Its true we were tired but it was still fun anecdotes it is only for a few days
i am from the chidon and i am just telling you that being tired is purt of the fun of the chidon and i can tell you that i had a very very good time !!!!!!!!!!!!. shneur gerlitzky.
i was just in the boys program and yes i think we should have more trips
i disagrea i think the boys shud have an amazing time like that!!!!!!!!!!!!
i was in the girls chidon last week. true, i was exhausted beyond words, but it was such an amazing experience. Nu, so we were tired! we all survived and it was just for a couple of days.
Zalman Tiechtel!!!
Yossi Rubinstein, Mendel Ganz and Yaakov Friedman!!!
Great fun,but…….children exhausted!!nice to give them a well deserved program,but too much in too short a time and no sleep.and I am from crown heights!,children come from overseas,different time zones,etc,organizers can perhaps reconsider and do it a little differently next year?no need for shimming and trampolining and bowling and skating and ice cream and pizza and and and…..