Bar Mitzvah Magazine 2014

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What you lose because of fear
By: Amanda Heskiel
Magen David Yeshivah
Sarah is 12 years old. She knows how to
swim but she is afraid to dive. One day,
she had a pool party with all her friends.
They were all diving and doing all tricks
and she was in the shallow. She was waiting
for them to finish because she didn’t
want to try it. She was missing out on
having fun with her friends. Her close
friend came to her and asked her why she
isn’t diving and she told her she was too
scared. She told her that she will stay with
her so she won’t be alone.
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A smart person
without courage
is like a bird
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By: Margo Chabot
Hillel Yeshiva
Allison’s goal is to be an artist. Allison
and her friend take an art class. They
were painting a sunset. Allison’s sunset
came out horrible. Everyone’s art work
was so much better. The art teacher said,
“You have to practice at home.” The next
art class they were still working on sunsets.
She practiced at home many times.
Allison’s art was even worse. She said,
“Next time, I’m not going to fail.” Every
day after school, she practiced for one
hour. She didn’t have a doubt that she
isn’t going to fail. The next art class, the
teacher said her sunset was much better.
When they started a new drawing,
it was a fruit. Allison did the fruit excellently,
not one mistake. Her friend was
so proud of her and so were her parents
and teacher. Allison realized she was putting
so much pressure on herself. That’s
why it was not coming out nice before.
By: Chen Menashe
Barkai Yeshivah
Chances! If we don’t take them where
would we be? Sarah studied all night until
midnight for a history test. In the morning,
her mother asked her the questions
again. Sarah knew everything. She went
to school to take the test. Sarah was shaking
and sweating. The teacher gave her
the test and Sarah’s mind went blank. She
didn’t know any of the answers. By the
end of the test, Sarah skipped the rest
of the questions which made her fail. If
Sarah had the confidence that she would
get 100, if she took a chance and wasn’t
afraid, she would get 100.
By: David Assoulin
Hillel Yeshiva
There are a lot of things that you can lose
from fear. Let’s say you have an idea but
you’re too afraid to say it. One example, if
a teacher is teaching a math class on how
to multiply, but the class doesn’t understand
it. If you have an idea on how to do
it, but you’re too scared that everyone in
your class will call you a ‘nerd’, you may
cause the whole class to suffer through a
test which no one but you knows the answers
to. Let’s say, you’re in business and
sales are dropping but you have an idea
how to bring back the business. If you’re
too afraid that the business owner will
disapprove it, you may leave yourself with
no job.
By: Marcelle Sasson
Hillel Yeshiva
I was at the doctor’s office and the nurse
told me, “It’s time for the flu shot.” I am
not really scared of anything, so, I said,
“Ok.” When the nurse came in with the
needle, I got so scared. I didn’t want to
get the shot. I chickened. The nurse said,
“I can’t make you take the shot.” I do regret
not getting the shot because now everybody
has the flu and I don’t want to
get sick.
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