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Parshat Eikev continues with Moshe’s address to the Jewish People. He reminds them of the beautiful land they were coming to, blessed with 7 types of fruit and grain and a land which Hashem personally oversees the entire year round.

The nation are reminded constantly, to remove idols from the land and to not be afraid of the nations they would come across when entering the land. Moshe tells them how they should remember the miracles they saw, how Hashem fed them the Manna in the wilderness and how their clothes grew with them, in addition to how their feet did not swell after walking in a wilderness for forty years!

The lessons of the Midbar journey were numerous, but especially important for us, was the message that if we follow Hashem’s Mitzvot – even the “small” ones, we will merit blessing and to live safely in our Holy Land. It is when we turn away from Hashem, that unfortunately, things turn sour. We learn how to love Hashem, fear Hashem and cleave to Him, by attaching ourselves to righteous people who set a good example at all times!

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Rivki jumped out of bed, ran over to Hadassa’s bed and shook her sister hard.

“Wake up, wake up, it’s camp day!”

Hadassa sat up excitedly “Woohoo! Let’s get going!”

They both managed to get dressed in the shortest time they had done all year. After they had davened, they went to the kitchen to get some breakfast.

“I am so excited, Ima!” Rivki exclaimed as she poured herself a bowl of Cheerios.

“It’s so nice you will be in camp together this year. I hope you will look after Rivki as it will be her first time.” Ima said to Hadassa.

An hour later, they were off! They waved goodbye to Ima, Abba, Chaim, Yehudis and Shloime as their coaches left Golders Green. Rivki was excited to go away to camp, but she felt a little sad inside.

“Right,” Hadassa said to Rivki. “I am going to find my friends, see you later!”

Rivki was a little nervous about making new friends. There were some girls she knew from school, but there were others she didn’t know at all. She put on her headphones and began to read, she would talk to the other girls later.

The coach bounced and jolted along the motorway. Midway, one of the older girls started singing and very soon everyone joined in to the impromptu sing-along.

“Yishtabach shemo…” Rivki was suddenly aware of a girl standing in the aisle by her seat.

“Can I sit here? My name is Yaeli.”

“Sure,” said Rivki, pulling off her headphones. “I’m Rivki, I’m from London. Do you like Shwekey?”

“I’m from Manchester and I love Shwekey.”

Rivki offered Yaeli one of her earphones and together they listened to the music, heads bobbing along in time.

Rivki and Yaeli chatted all the way to camp, they got on so well that they decided to be bunk partners.

When they arrived, one of the madrichot showed them to their dorm. Rivki and Yaeli dragged their bags up the stairs to their room, which was full of bunk beds.

“Bagsy this bunk!” said Yaeli running to the bunk nearest the window.

Rivki felt a bit sad, she didn’t like being by the window when she slept. It was too light and sometimes the noises from outside were scary. She didn’t want to upset her new friend so she decided to give it a try and she went over to join Yaeli.

That night, the wind rattled the windows and the light of the moon shone brightly through the curtain. Rivki huddled under her duvet, crying quietly to herself. Not only was she feeling homesick, but she was also a bit scared of all the noise the wind was making.

The next morning, one of Rivki’s madrichot, Rachel, came in and woke everyone up. Everyone was excitedly getting dressed, ready for the activities of the new day. As everyone left for the cheder ochel, Rachel noticed Rivki was sitting hunched up in her bed all alone, making no attempt to get dressed.

“Rivki, are you ok?” Rachel put her arm around Rivki. Rivki burst into tears and told Rachel that she didn’t like sleeping by the window and how she missed being with her family.

Rachel gave her a hug and called to Yaeli.

“Yaeli, do you think we can find some way of making Rivki feel better?”

Yaeli thought for a moment “I do like sleeping by the window, but it doesn’t make me upset if I don’t. So why don’t Rivki and I move to another bunk, not by a window?”

Rivki looked up at Yaeli and smiled through her tears.

“You’re the best!” Rivki said, giving Yaeli a massive hug.

To be continued…

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