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Get to know our Mechanchim

Rabbi Yitzchok Spiegel

Camp Director

With more than two decades of camping under his belt and a wealth of hands-on classroom experience as a 7th grade Rebbe at Yeshiva Darchei Torah, Rabbi Spiegel refused to let the pandemic deprive his talmidim of their much needed summer vacation.

His vision for camp is a place where middos, learning, Hashkafa, sports, fun and Ruach come together. This was realized so successfully that parents and campers clamored for more.

Rabbi Yankel Cohen

Head Counselor

Rabbi Aaron Friedman

Program Director

Rabbi Friedman brings well over a decade of camping experience to his position as assistant head counselor, in both sleep away camps and day camps alike. Rabbi Friedman is known far and wide as someone who is exceptionally talented, energetic, creative, and super organized.

During the year Rabbi Freidman serves as the English principal at the Lakewood cheder middle school, where his unusual warmth alongside his professional demeanor earns him the admiration and respect of the 500+ students.

Rabbi Friedman is one of the driving forces behind Lemalas tremendous success.

Rabbi Shmuel Witkin

מרא דאתרא

Currently serving as the Rav and founder of Kehillas Bnei Hayeshivos in the Five Towns, Rabbi Shmuel Witkin brings a wealth of experience with him to his position as our camp’s Mara D’asra. He is well known for his dikduk in Halacha and compassion for every yid.

Rabbi Witkin also has a wealth of camping experience allowing him to integrate the learning and ruchniyos in a fun filled way, with his dynamic and easygoing personality, understanding the Bnei Torah campers of today.

Rabbi Yaakov Levine

Night Activity Director

​​As both a beloved fifth grade Rebbe and the afternoon mashgiach at Yeshiva Tiferes Moshe in Queens, Rabbi Yaakov Levine has had the opportunity to connect with talmidim on a variety of levels, with many older students coming back to visit his classroom in their spare time. With many years of experience in both the yeshiva and camp settings, he has mastered the unique balance of fun and growth, making him ideally suited to his joint positions as a Rebbe and night activity director.

Rabbi Shalom Rosen

Athletic Director

A fourth grade rebbe at Yeshiva Darchei Torah, Rabbi Rosen’s eleven years as a division head and exceptional personal warmth make him uniquely qualified to turn Camp Lemala’s youngest kids into lifelong campers.

Rabbi Binyamin Thumim

Rabbi Aryeh Leib Smith

Learning Director

Rabbi Shalom Englander

Rabbi Dovi Baida

Rabbi Osher Katz

Rabbi Shaul Yechezkal Weitman

Rabbi Nochum Rabinowitz