Bar Mitzvah Magazine 2011

S av i n g yo u r f r i e n d
f r o m e m b a r r a s s m e n t
By: Miriam Medina
Masores Bais Yaakov
By: Patty Shrem
Magen David Yeshivah
By: Yisrael Rosenfeld
Yeshivah Chaim Berlin
It was picture day and everyone
looked great. Girls were giving each
other compliments. But, then, I saw
a girl all alone and it seemed she
There is a girl on my bus. She is in
6th grade. She never lets anyone sit
next to her. So, I told her, “You know
it’s not fair. You should let everyone
There was once a boy named Yehuda.
Let’s just say he was not the most
popular kid in the class. He was always
being made fun of. Kids were
didn’t look as good
calling him names
as she wanted. She
like, “monkey” and
was trying to make
“munch milk”. You
herself pretty. So, I
might think it’s
went up to her and
asked her is she
wanted to borrow
my clip and her face
lit up. She looked
gorgeous. I told everyone,
“Look how
pretty she looks!”
Everyone gave her
funny but it really
hurt him. Then, one
day, a kid named
Shmuel called over
Yitzi, the most popular
kid who made
fun of Yehuda the
most. Shmuel said,
compliments and
“I think you are
said she looked by: M.d.y. students
hurting Yehuda’s
awesome. That day, she was included
in every activity the girls did. I
sit.” So she said, “No. Why should I? feelings.” “I know,” replied Yitzi.
felt good helping a girl out. The best
part was no one knew it was my clip.
She thanked me later but I was happy
for her. A small little deed can make
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Everyone is always so mean to me.”
I said, “You know what? You should
tell people to please stop.” So, one
day a girl came and said, “You are
so weird.” So, she said, “Please
“Then why do you do it?” Said Shmuel.
“Because it’s fun,” said Yitzi.
“Well if you were in Yehuda’s place
would you also find it funny? You
would feel bad.” “I guess so. I will
By: Aliza Schwartz
stop. That’s not very nice.” And she stop,” said Yitzi. “Thank you,” said
Masores Bais Yaakov
One time, my friend and I were wild. stopped. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 Shmuel. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5
By mistake, she pulled on my gold
necklace and it broke. My mother
The new topic is online. The students of Hillel Yeshiva
already started to write inspirational stories on it. Get ideas
came in and I told her that I did
from them and write your own. Best ones will be published.
it to save my friend from embarrassment.
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Find the
good
in people,
not the bad
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