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Success after failure - Learning new skills<br />
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By: Rochelle Menahem<br />
Hillel Yeshiva<br />
One day, Rachel went to her mom and said<br />
excitedly, “Mommy, I want to be an author<br />
when I get older.” Her mom said, “That’s a<br />
great job. What made you decide on that?”<br />
Rachel explained to her mother that an author<br />
came to school that day and explained<br />
her job and what she does. Rachel’s mom<br />
asked if she wants to write a story and read<br />
it at the library on Sunday. Rachel was so<br />
happy. She ran to her room and started<br />
writing. She wrote day and night, hours and<br />
hours. When Sunday came, her story was<br />
done. She was very proud of it. She dressed<br />
up in her nicest dress & went to the library.<br />
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In honor of<br />
my wife Shanie<br />
by Sami Souid<br />
TorahContest.com<br />
Success is the ability<br />
to go from one failure<br />
to another with no<br />
loss of enthusiasm.<br />
By: Ahuva Lefkowitz<br />
Masores Bais Yaakov<br />
I’ve always wanted to play guitar.<br />
Throughout 5th, 6th and 7th grade, I enviously<br />
watched my 5 other siblings pluck<br />
at the strings as though they were born to<br />
be guitar professionals. In 9th grade, my<br />
mother finally agreed to give me guitar<br />
lessons. In a whirl of excitement and giddiness,<br />
I flew through 1,2,3,4 lessons. Then,<br />
I decided that I was finally ready to enter<br />
into the talent show that would be held<br />
at my school in a week. I practiced guitar<br />
fiercely, my fingertips turning purple<br />
from pressing the strings so hard. Finally,<br />
I was ready. I stepped onto the brightly lit<br />
stage on the Thursday night of the show. I<br />
started playing beautifully, one chord following<br />
the next. I drowned myself in the<br />
stunning medleys until…I struck G instead<br />
of C minor and the entire song flopped.<br />
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By: Michael Gammal<br />
<strong>Bar</strong>kai Yeshivah<br />
One day, I walked up to my dad and asked<br />
him if I can read from the Torah. He replied<br />
to me, “Yes.” The next day, I got my<br />
part to read. I practiced it. On Saturday,<br />
it was my turn to read. I went up to the<br />
Torah and read it very badly. I felt so embarrassed<br />
that I ran out of the room and<br />
started crying. The next week, I wanted<br />
to read from the Torah again. I practiced<br />
and, when it was my turn to read, I was<br />
perfect. I felt so happy. Now, I want to do<br />
it every week.<br />
By: Joe Betesh<br />
Hillel Yeshiva<br />
I have experienced many embarrassing<br />
moments in my life. One that really sticks<br />
out has to be when I started to make videos.<br />
Starting out, I made videos that were<br />
horrible. Kids made fun of me and told me<br />
that I should give up. Instead of listening<br />
to them, I worked even harder and tried<br />
new techniques. After months of hard<br />
work, I finally created a video that everyone<br />
loved and cherished. The moral of<br />
this story is to never give up and to always<br />
work harder than the last time.<br />
Winner honored by<br />
Chief Rabbi of Israel<br />
60 <strong>Bar</strong>/Bat <strong>Mitzvah</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> 718-909-6060 View magazine online at BMmagazine.com
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