{"id":5407,"date":"2013-11-07T11:59:20","date_gmt":"2013-11-07T18:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.jforj.com\/campgilgal\/?p=5407"},"modified":"2014-10-16T15:57:08","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T22:57:08","slug":"giving-thanks-to-god-through-benching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jforj.org\/campgilgal\/giving-thanks-to-god-through-benching\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving Thanks to God through Benching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Conner G., Age 14<a href=\"http:\/\/jforj.org\/campgilgal\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/sites\/4\/2013\/10\/Giving-thanks-to-God-through-Benching2.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-5407];player=img;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5408 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/jforj.org\/campgilgal\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/sites\/4\/2013\/10\/Giving-thanks-to-God-through-Benching2-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Giving thanks to God through Benching2\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jforj.org\/campgilgal\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/sites\/4\/2013\/10\/Giving-thanks-to-God-through-Benching2-199x300.jpg 199w, http:\/\/jforj.org\/campgilgal\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/sites\/4\/2013\/10\/Giving-thanks-to-God-through-Benching2-679x1024.jpg 679w, http:\/\/jforj.org\/campgilgal\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/sites\/4\/2013\/10\/Giving-thanks-to-God-through-Benching2.jpg 986w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Benching is a Jewish tradition that gives thanks to God after a meal. We sing to thank Him for providing nourishment for all creatures on earth. I enjoy benching because it is a fun way to show our thanks to God. As part of my benching report, I decided to ask some of our Camp Gilgal staff about their thoughts on benching.<\/p>\n<p>Moose: &#8220;I love benching! It&#8217;s a tradition started by Streetlight at teen camp last year, and I hope it continues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Super Duck: \u201cI think benching is a great way to get together after a meal. It\u2019s awesome to participate in such a fun Jewish tradition. I\u2019ve only done it for the few times here at camp, but it\u2019s a really good way, I think, to give thanks to God after a meal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simba: \u201cI think that benching is good because it\u2019s a fun thing to do after a meal and it is a tradition from our ancestors, so that\u2019s cool\u2026 and I like how everyone gets to bang on the tables.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pregunta: \u201cI think benching is a really cool tradition because it can unite Jewish believers and non-believers alike. It\u2019s also a great way to bring the camp together and practice some Hebrew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It would seem everyone\u2019s thoughts on this subject are similar. Benching is a fun way to thank God for providing food for His earthly creations. We all gather together and participate in this Jewish tradition. Benching really brings joy to the entire camp, and it really is something to look forward to each day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conner G., Age 14 Benching is a Jewish tradition that gives thanks to God after a meal. We sing to thank Him for providing nourishment for all creatures on earth. I enjoy benching because it is a fun way to show our thanks to God. As part of my benching report, I decided to ask [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5974,5970],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teen-camp-west-gilgal-gazette-2013","category-gilgal-gazette-2013","post-preview"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jforj.org\/campgilgal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jforj.org\/campgilgal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jforj.org\/campgilgal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jforj.org\/campgilgal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jforj.org\/campgilgal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5407"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/jforj.org\/campgilgal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6125,"href":"http:\/\/jforj.org\/campgilgal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5407\/revisions\/6125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jforj.org\/campgilgal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jforj.org\/campgilgal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jforj.org\/campgilgal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}