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Yeah! In fact there were two FRUM BOY SCOUT Troops in Brooklyn, and everyone who was associated with them go camping. Its a great way to learn hichos Shabbos, Eruvin, Keilim L'Maaseh!

 

I am so sorry that this father is not aware that the Torah prohibits one to wait to use the bathroom even for a small amount of time.


Thanks so much for bringing this issue to our attention in order to give us a chance to discuss some basic laws that the Torah requires of us.

Most of us are taught this Halocah in First grade, I guess the above father was sick on that day. After all we have to be Don L'ekuv Zechus.



Enjoy your camping trips according to Haloacha.

 

How many teachers in Yeshivas/Bais Yaakovs told girls to wait until recess? Not all, but some.

 

To Anon 9:30am

You are correct, sir. I'm proud to say that I was member of troop 453 in the 60's. Great guys, outstanding leaders, lots of fun and a vital learning experience for me. Our troop was housed at the Young Israel for many years.

 

i only heard that you cant daven or say brochos or do anything with kedusha if you have to go.

 

Duh Frum people go camping? I can't Imagine that! I heard that they may also drive cars and use computer. But they are strange anyway those funny hats and long dress even if they seem normal.

 

Harav Hagaon 10:31:

I'm glad to see your review of the halachos of going to the bathroom, and your toychacha has moved me to teshuva. However, you need to learn to read. The ostensibly Jewish camper reports hearing this anti-halachic concept from the father of the other family that quickly put up the tent.

 

Are you stupid?? Ari Rosner submitted this to the Reader's Digest obviously complaining about his own difficulty with setting up camp. It was the OTHER guy whose tent was up in 3. Duh.

 

I'm a frum woman and go camping with my husband and children. We have so much fun. We are creating memories.

 

WHY SHOULDN'T THEY GO CAMPING??? Someone please explain? Are tents assur too???

 

just think about it, if Moshe used that t
strategy with the bnei yisroel they wouldnt have spent forty years in the midbar.

 

What's the name of that holy book? Oh, yeah: the Bible! Bnai Yisroel went camping, Anonymisses!!!

 

Oy vay! A healthy and fun camping trip to make memories and appreciate nature and the greatness of G-d is turned into a halacha class from the looks of the previous "comments". This is what we have turned yidishkeit into.How sad! Kol hakavod to the families that are going camping!!

 

You people are so thick! This was an anecdote, a joke, you know - Ha Ha! Mr. Rosner was telling over a joke he read somewhere and RD put it in a humor column. No halachos! No 'Baal T'shaktzu'! a joke!

 

anonymous - hey were do you go camping? i used to go with my friends but i'm having a hard time convincing my husband to set up a trip with our 2 little ones...
(although my married siblings go camping with their kids)

 

That's what blogs are for! so that people can release their emotions at other people's expenses. You can tell who has to pay the bill yet and then again, you can see who proudly paid up already, that's all it is, in most silly cases, as is in the case of this blog.
Learn to live and laugh regardless!!

 

I also camped with a Jewish Boy Scout troop, Number 404, in the 60s and 70s. We went to Ten Mile River.

404 met in the Young Israel of Eastern Parkway. Ray Bancie was the scoutmaster. My father was a member of that troop when he was a child.

Camping and RVing is also a great way to observe Kashruth and Shabbos on the road. When I was a child, we had a travel trailer set up with a fully kosher kitchen. We met Jews in other cities by seeking out the kosher butchers there to restock our dry-ice chest.

I remember camping at Skyway Campground in Greenfield Park, and walking to the Pioneer Hotel to daven on Succos.

Just recently, my wife and I took our own trailer to a nice campground and set up our traveling succah, something we cannot do in an apartment.

Many Jews, especially frum, urban jews, do not have the exposure to the RV or Tenting lifestyle. There is much to recommend it. After all, every morning we say, May Tovu Ohalechah Yacov... How goodly are thy tents, Oh Jacob?

 

isn't there a kid in the miami boys choir by the name of Ari Rosner?