true relaxing comes from within, getting fresh air on the campus, schmoozing with a friend, and thinking about your neshamah and the kavanah – not from going through social media and fogging up your already worn out and disconnected kochos hanefesh. these are basics of tanya perek 3 and 4.

Kids coming to camp are looking up at the “chassidishe” staff a lot more than the “not chassidish” ones.

Unfortunately many kids already have an abundance of exposure to all of this at home, and camp is a time where they are (meant to be…) 24 hours in an environment of kedushah and chassidishkeit, in the Rebbe’s daled amos.

If it was up to me, all my staff would have only flip phones. It’s a no-brainer.

Imagine the time used by nights of counselors going on there phones would be used to learn – keeping them inspired and hyped, or sleep – to have a good and present next day, read stories – to are with the campers, or even chat with the campers, and hang out in their rooms, instead of them talking about other things…

I would suggest a solution: Group Me texting chat can be helpful, and let’s go back to the ‘old fashion’ radios, those were good days.

Thank you camps and head staff to take this into consideration!!

As the Rebbe once told a bochur who said he needed to get a license so he could go on mivtzoim, “Mish nisht deine taivos in meine mivtzoim!” (Don’t mix your taivos into my mivtzoim!).

However, with the advancement of modern technology and its growing acceptance, we see an increasing reliance on ever-more advanced tools to achieve only slightly better results than before. At the same time, younger and younger children are getting smartphones, leading to their infiltration into camps, Yeshivos, and practically any large-scale Mosad in Lubavitch.

For decades, Lubavitch activities thrived without smartphones. While modern technology can certainly be helpful, it is not necessary for every single “foot soldier” to have one. Moreover, what kind of values are we imparting if our way of unwinding after a long and busy day is by staring at a screen? Not only is this unhealthy, but it also leads to wasted time and a mind filled with Shtusim.

How can one be Mechanech and take care of the campers if, in the only free moments available, the first instinct is to turn to a phone and fill one’s head with distractions?

Using that logic you can excuse lots of things. People need to unwind and watch a movie, smoke, drink etc.

The Rebbe made camp to “create chassidim” and demands chassidishe bochurim. If you aren’t that, it’s okay, but you won’t be able to create chassidim. You can work for a shliach and do good work.

Would be really awesome if headstaff would encourage their staff to not get / get rid of their phones, for the summer.

But they absolutely have the responsibility and right to demand that all phones must be properly filtered.

Thanks for bringing up such an important point, and I hope this message will be takes with all seriousness.

Great job!