Mifkad

Mifkad is split into 3 sections: morning, weekday evening, and friday evening. Every weekday morning, your Eidah will gather at its designated site:

(Aleph: Shabbat Mifkad Site,

Vav: Side of the Bayit,

Bet: Boys Tzevet,

Gimmel: Girls Tzevet,

Daled: Weekday Mifkad Site)

And you will stand in the shape of the hebrew letter Chet. At the gap, your roshei eidah will tell you to do stuff. During the weekday evening, all the campers gather at Daled’s mifkad site to perform a larger mifkad. These are administered by the Roshei Moshava. The actual mifkad is basically the same.

 

On friday evenings, all the campers gather instead at Aleph’s mifkad site. Again, the main people here are the Roshei Moshava. This time, though, they will announce the winners for the cleanest bunk and plugah. Also, Machal and Kaytana make flashy entrances.

 

If you read the translation of Mifkad, you may have noticed that it means “Commander”. Why? Well, Bnei Akiva borrowed the tradition of Mifkad from the israeli army (Although we aren’t soldiers. You think you have it bad getting out of bed in the morning? In the israeli army, you wake up on time or your mattress gets flipped, according to my grandfather). That’s the best answer we can give.

 

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Mifkad sites are used when leaving for hikes on friday. Be at those mifkad sites. The Ram-Call will remind you over and over again where you need to be (You may need to be on a bus. Listen carefully.)