Bar Mitzvah Magazine 2014

Take more risks, get more rewards
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By: Joel Paley
Hillel Yeshiva
Mike always wanted to learn how to ski. He
went to many mountains during the winter
to ski. He practiced for almost a year. He
decided to join a skiing contest. The object
of this contest was to see who got to the
bottom of the mountain first going around
obstacles. When the race started, Mike was
extremely nervous. He fell off his skis and
fell down the mountains. He came in last.
Everyone else made it to the bottom without
falling and everyone laughed at him. To
improve, he practiced for 2 hours 4 times a
week instead of 2 days a week. Mike learned
that practicing more often is the right way to
go and never giving up will take you to your
biggest dream.
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Courage is making
moves that no one
else will make.
By: Esti Schorr
Masores Bais Yaakov
Naomi got picked from the whole school to
speak at her school assembly. She worked
really hard by making the speech and practicing.
The night of the assembly came. She
was so excited. She was in the middle of
the speech and, all of a sudden, her mind
went blank. Everyone started to giggle and
laugh. Naomi felt like sinking in to the floor.
But, she thought how hard she worked and
practiced day and night. She was not going
to give up now. She tried to remember
the speech and it came back to her head.
All of a sudden, she remembered it. She
finished her speech and everyone cheered
and clapped. She was picked again for the
assembly the following year.
By: Natalie Mizrahi
Yeshivah of Flatbush
Fear is an unpleasant emotion caused by
the belief that someone or something is
dangerous, likely to cause pain or threat.
Fear is responsible for holding people back.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself
(Franklin D. Roosevelt.) With this attitude,
we can accomplish anything we put our
minds to. Being kids, there are many people
who degrade and belittle us and damage our
confidence making us feel like such a small
voice in this big world. As we get older, we
will continue to encounter people like this.
We cannot allow the fear to get to us. Fear
stunts our growth causing us to not reach
our fullest potential.
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By: Terry Jemal
Hillel Yeshiva
If someone goes to Six Flags with their
friends and a girl is scared to go on the scary
ride, they shouldn’t be scared because they
are ruining it for themselves. They should go
on that ride. If someone believes in Hashem
that he will protect you, it’s all in his hands.
We shouldn’t make ourselves all nervous
and work ourselves up. Once they go on the
ride, they will say, “That was fun” and she
will be happy once she conquers her fears.
If we get scared about something, we think
of all nonsense in our heads because we are
making ourselves crazy. We shouldn’t do
that. It won’t do anything in life. We can’t
get anywhere if we have fear about every
little thing. You can’t think right if you have
fear about something.
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