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Never be embarrassed to do a mitzvah<br />
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By: Abraham Kassin<br />
Yeshivah of Flatbush<br />
There was a boy who didn’t have a place<br />
to go to for lunch. I already made plans<br />
with my friends. I kept thinking to myself:<br />
the right thing to do would be to bring<br />
him with my friends. Although this was<br />
obvious, there was still a chance that my<br />
friends wouldn’t approve and leave me<br />
alone. I took that risk. I invited him to<br />
come along. I will never forget the smile<br />
I put on that kid’s face. It was definitely<br />
worth risk taking. The best part was that<br />
my friends, after some awkward glances,<br />
came along. We had a great time.<br />
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Confidence is doing<br />
what’s right even if<br />
it’s not popular.<br />
By: Sion Dweck<br />
<strong>Bar</strong>kai Yeshivah<br />
One day, Ikey went to his friend. His friend<br />
was popular and everybody was kind of<br />
forced to follow him. Ikey was different<br />
from everybody. Every morning, he would<br />
wake up very early and pray, put money<br />
in sedaka. When he went to his friend’s<br />
house, he was told he had to sleep there<br />
because it was snowing. He couldn’t do<br />
what he did every morning. Ikey was<br />
forced to leave his comfort zone because<br />
of society. He can overcome it by being<br />
himself. He could have been brave and do<br />
what he does every morning.<br />
M. Elmann C. Bunker T. Assouline<br />
By: Frieda Sasson<br />
Hillel Yeshiva<br />
Sometimes when people have friends<br />
over for a sleepover, the next morning you<br />
might want to do netilat yadayim and pray<br />
but you are worried about what people<br />
will think. You think that they might make<br />
fun of you if you pray. But, you shouldn’t<br />
think about what other people think<br />
when you are doing a mitzvah and doing<br />
the right things. But, when you are doing<br />
a wrong thing, you should care about<br />
what other people think. Don’t fear to do<br />
the right thing. Be yourself and that’s all<br />
that matters.<br />
By: Maurice Djmal<br />
Yeshivah of Flatbush<br />
A few boys were going out to eat at a nonkosher<br />
restaurant. One boy was scared<br />
to ask them to eat at a kosher restaurant<br />
instead. So, he went along with them<br />
and didn’t say anything. A month later,<br />
he was with the same friends again and<br />
they were going to a non-kosher restaurant<br />
again. This time he didn’t want to sin<br />
and said that he didn’t want to eat there.<br />
His friends said they didn’t care and were<br />
going there anyway. But, then, one of his<br />
friends said he also doesn’t like to eat<br />
there and he was afraid to speak up till<br />
now. Both of the boys went to a kosher<br />
restaurant together.<br />
By: Jacqueline Franco<br />
Hillel Yeshiva<br />
Someone wanted to wear a skirt everyday.<br />
She wanted to become more tzniut.<br />
She didn’t want because her friends<br />
might make fun of her. They might think<br />
she is weird or they might try to stop talking<br />
to her. Later on, the girl wears a skirt<br />
every Friday and Saturday. She sees that<br />
her friends don’t say anything. At the end,<br />
she wears skirts every day. Her friends<br />
don’t say anything and she has faced her<br />
fears and succeeded.<br />
94 <strong>Bar</strong>/Bat <strong>Mitzvah</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> 718-909-6060 View magazine online at BMmagazine.com
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