The Chutz

The Chutz is a “3”-day outing where all campers hike to a location not on the map we provide. There are a few aspects of the chutz, so we’ll go over them one by one. You can find it in the survival guide.

For rudimentary information, see Chutz, The. Here are the details:

 

Timing: The Chutz will be broken out at Aruchat Eser. You will be given a packing list, and you will be at this place for 3 days and 2 nights.

Plugah: See Plugah

 

Collecting wood: You will go into the woods and collect wood for your plugah’s fire during the day.

 

Avodah: You’ll be assigned a task to do, throughout the chutz.

 

Sleeping Situation: Your roshei moshava will tell you where the boys and girls are sleeping (usually it doesn’t change year to year). You must pack a sleeping back, and it’s your choice whether you want to take tablecloths to make a tent that probably won’t work because you never found time to build it.

 

Rain: The Chutz has a bit of a curse when it comes to rain. Scratch that; Camp Stone has a bit of a curse when it comes to rain. If it starts raining on the chutz, get to a camp-designated tent ASAP. Rain usually increases in intensity. If you decide to stay under your sleeping bag, prepare to get soaked. And lost.

 

Never Ending Breakfast: The never ending breakfast is cooked both mornings on the chutz. Suffice to say, it’s good. They tend to serve hotdogs, cereal boxes, corn, and other things of that nature. As the name suggests, you can basically continue eating as long as you want.

 

Instruments: There will be music after dinner. If you want to play music, you can ask tzevet chan for an instrument. Be warned they probably won’t say yes.

 

Entertainment: when you’re left in a field for two days, it becomes difficult to find entertainment. Thankfully, that’s not a problem with the chutz. Friends and hobbies tend to take up your time, along with keeping the fire alive, singing, and eating. Some people enjoy putting up tents or hammocks made of tablecloths to sleep in. Others enjoy playing the almost-official-chutz-game of the campers, Kanjam(for more information, see Kanjam)

 

During the day: throughout the day, you can mostly just chill with your friends and play games, or go in the woods and talk.