Shattering all barriers and granting access to that reservoir of the sweetest waters in the world
Rabbi Dovid Newman’s V’haarev Na initiative has led to the mastery of an incalculable number of dapei Gemara. The program encourages thousands of yeshivah students to dedicate themselves to review their learning again and again, and constantly write notations in their Gemaras. This allows one to “own” the masechta — shattering all barriers and granting access to that reservoir of the sweetest waters in the world. Many yeshivos have incorporated this model into their own curriculum.
And when the yeshivos’ semesters end and the boys head off to camp, it’s with the excitement for a fun-filled summer blended with sadness. Saying goodbye to a zeman charged with the energy of V’haarev Na isn’t easy.
But not anymore. Camp Munk’s Rabbi Feigelstein reached out to Rabbi Newman to help incorporate the first — of what will hopefully soon be many — V’haarev Na camp programs. This specific program is titled “Tamid B’Simcha,” a name that carries a dual reference. The limud is Maseches Tamid — and, because it will bring so much joy, it is justly called “Tamid B’Simcha.”
But the general interpretation of the words is equally applicable. “Tamid b’simchah” means “always happy.” The vision of the camp, and the program, is to accomplish exactly that — to bring its participants to a place of sublime happiness through the exhilarating rigor of limud haTorah. Through V’Haarev Na, one can truly become tamid b’simchah.
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