Bar Mitzvah Magazine 2013

Compliment talent that doesn’t draw attention
Finding good
players is easy.
Getting them to
play as a team is
another story
By: Esther Dweck
Magen David Yeshivah
My friend was the writer of the play
that our school was producing. The
writing was wonderful and everybody
who heard them loved it and was
excited to come see the play on the
opening night. The people in the play
rehearsed and loved doing it. On the
opening night before they started the
play, the lead actress said she needed
everyone’s attention. When the
room got quiet she started to speak.
She said, “Can I have a round of applause
for my friend who wrote the
play?” Everyone was clapping. My
friend was so happy. When the play
was over, my friend continued to write
very good plays that everyone loved.
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By: Eddie Halwani
Magen David Yeshivah
We were playing a game and there
was a boy who was dribbling. He was
confusing everyone. Then he ran and
scored. This is a good talent because
he can confuse anyone and get past
everyone easily. If you are not a good
dribbler, don’t try to do a great dribbling
move because it’s not your talent.
Tell the person with the dribbling
talent that his part in the game is very
important and you rely on him. He’ll
feel like part of the team and try harder.
By: Eddie Kababieh
Yeshivah Lev Torah
Everyone performs better when
they get compliments for what they
do. In basketball, you could tell the
passer, “Nice pass!” the rebounder,
“That was a great rebound,” the dribbler,
“Wow, you dribble really fast.”
By: Mary Salem
Magen David Yeshivah
The teacher asked Rachel to organize
the play and to give everyone a part
in the play. Rachel had the chance to
take the main part for herself. But, she
knew she was not very good at singing.
Also, she knew her best friend
Sandy was very good at singing and
acting. So, she decided to give the
main part to her. Rachel was done giving
the main parts and responsibility.
The whole crew was working hard.
But, Rachel saw one girl, Lisa, working
very very hard. Lisa was the costume
designer. She would work day
and night making the costumes. On
the day of the play, when Rachel made
her speech, she told everyone about
Lisa’s designs and how she worked so
hard. Rachel saw the smile on Lisa’s
face. She knew that Lisa would always
work on her talent. Now, she knows
that she has a gift talent from Hashem.
By: Lisa Jammal
Magen David Yeshivah
One day, there was a play going on.
The hidden talent was the maid and the
spotlight was the queen. The maid was
jealous and wanted the spotlight. The
queen was very good at her part. The
maid made the queen get hurt so she
could take the part. The maid was horrible
as the queen. The queen had to
be the new maid. When the show was
going to start, the new queen got nervous
and messed up the whole show.
But, the new maid saved the show
even though she was the hidden talent.
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