How to be careful of fake friends who use you MAGEN DAVID WEST DEAL Fake friends: once they stop talking to you, they start talking about you. By: Sarah Cohen Magen David Yeshivah A good friend never tells you to change. If you are wearing something you really like and your friend tells you to change because she doesn’t like your outfit, that’s not a good friend. A good friend knows how you feel even if you don’t say anything. When you take advantage of someone, you yourself are suffering. Why? Because you never experience real friendship, you don’t have any good friends and they won’t be there for you when you need them the most. Sure, you got a lot of “friends” on Facebook. But think to yourself, “Are they really my friends? Are they going to be there for me when I really need them?” At TorahValues.com search shul abbreviation MDWD By: Yosef Ftiha Magen David Yeshivah There was once a boy named Michael who was the smartest boy in the grade. He got 100s on his test. One day, a boy in his class named Benny heard that Michael got 100s on his Mishna, Navi and Chumash tests. Benny had a Mishna test coming up. Everybody knew that Benny was not smart. Benny was the coolest guy in the grade. He went to Michael and told him, “Hey, friend, can I come over and study with you? I will put you up in the basketball team. Ok, friend?” They finished studying. Benny went home. The next day, Michael said to Benny, “So, what team am I on?” Benny answered, “Who are you?” By: Esti Samel Masores Bais Yaakov “My birthday is in only three more weeks!” screamed Chavi. “And this year my birthday party is going to be the best!” she boasted. “We’re going to go bowling and get ice cream,” Chavi exclaimed in joy. Aliza, on the other hand, really wanted to be invited. So, she decided on a plan. The next morning, she came to school and went over to Chavi. “Oh, how pretty you look,” she said. Then, by recess, she came over to her and offered her snack. This went on for two weeks. Now, it was a week before Chavi’s birthday and she was giving out the invitations. Everyone was eyeing whoever got invited. Finally, she passed by Aliza and slipped an envelope on her desk. “Phew,” all of her hard work was for something. The day of the party came and Aliza was really excited. She went to the bowling ally. There were balloons and streamers all over the place. When the party was over, Aliza went home. A few months later, when Aliza made a party, she didn’t even invite Chavi. She wasn’t Chavi’s friend anymore. By: Esther Maleh Magen David Yeshivah Someone is showing off their stuff and she never liked you. Then, one day, you have something very cool. She comes up to you and wants to be your friend, all of a sudden. That means she is trying to use you so she could have the cool things. That’s called a bad friend. Submit on TorahContest.com a lesson you learned from the stories & you will be entered in a raffle for great prizes. See p. 52 54 <strong>Bar</strong>/Bat <strong>Mitzvah</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> 718-909-6060 View magazine online at BMmagazine.com
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