Bar Mitzvah Magazine 2014

Never give up. Don’t quit.
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By: Victor Fteha
Magen David Yeshivah
Perseverance can prove useful during
childhood in several ways. For example,
I once received an unusual grade in Jewish
History. It was the lowest mark I got
my whole life. Instead of pondering about
it uselessly, I pledged upon myself that I
would study hard for my upcoming tests,
particularly Jewish History, my weakness.
To my disbelief, my countless efforts
earned me a 112. That was actually the
highest mark I got this year.
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It’s hard to beat
a person who
never gives up.
By: Abie Nahamias
Magen David Yeshivah
When someone’s business goes down, he
shouldn’t just say he failed and go into a
new business. He should never give up
and keep trying. Also, learn from the failure.
The way the business failed he should
never let that happen again to his business.
Recently, when I was playing a basketball
game and I lost, I didn’t just give
up and say. I failed. The next game I tried
not to fail and not let that failure make me
do badly from last game. So, the game I
was playing now I tried as hard as I could
and recovered from the other games failure
and played amazing the next game.
By: Yvonne Mizrahi
Hillel Yeshiva
One day, Jessica was walking down the
street when she saw a flyer hanging on
a pole. Jessica went closer to see what it
was for. It was for an art contest. Jessica
got excited because she was great at art.
She took the flyer home and showed it to
her mom. Her mom said, “That sounds
fun. We have lots of art supplies in the
garage.” So, Jessica worked very hard day
and night. Finally, the day of the contest
was here. The judges came to look at all
the projects while the contestants waited
aside to present their projects. When it
was Jessica’s turn, she did a nice presentation,
but she heard people mumbling bad
comments. She was discouraged. She decided
to go home and practice her techniques
and take more art lessons.
By: Terri Elmann
Barkai Yeshivah
In school, I wrote a story. I gave it to some
people to read and they loved it. I read it
and decided it needed a little fixing. I fixed
it up a little but now my story didn’t make
any sense. I ended up writing an entirely
new story but it was also very short and
bad. I started to give up. I wanted to write
stories like Harry Potter but it was no use.
I wasn’t good enough. I took Harry Potter
and read it. I decided I shouldn’t give up.
I could write an interesting story, the best
that I can. I started to write another story
but, by page 14, I decided it needed more
details. I started again, this time from
when the character was being born. I am
currently on page 7 and hope to write up
to 200 pages.
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