torah contest on friendship
By Sarah Tawil There was a new girl in school. Her name is Jen. Every day, she would walk to school alone. One day, her parents won the lottery and it was all over the school. All of a sudden, everyone ran to her and wanted to be her friend. After a few days, she realized that everyone was using her. But, there was one girl who liked Jen even before she won the lottery, but was too shy to talk to her. The next day, Jen told everyone that her parents lost the money. She wanted to see if people would still talk to her. But, not one person talked to her, just that shy girl. After that, Jen became friends with the shy girl. She saw clearly who was a good friend and who was a fake friend.
I love this story because it shows having nice friends is more important than money so I showed it to my mom and she loves it too
I LEARNED MONEY IS NOT TRUE FRIENDSHIP
I love this story and you know every one has to get the same respect that you give to friends and they will treat you the same way back
Its interesting how human beings are drawn to the fairy tale world – rather than doing what they envy on their own -they look to see what the other persons doing or has – if they’d only focus on the truth and what is important to them and respect people for who they are and not what material they have to offer them they’d probably be ahead of the game – its interesting at what age this nature forms in humans – good job for recognizing they false world of what we call items –
Very good story
Beautiful !!i hope every one that read this story learned something that could help them somehow understand and how to treat people with more sensitivities and respect …
I like this story,but it’s sad at the same time cause sadly the majority of people talk to the person today if they need him for certain reason ,wether they want to use him for his money ,popularity ,or any other reason that serve their purpose ..not because they really care ..
I learnt that you shouldn’t be friends with a person to use them for money,even if they are nice or mean. You should be friends with them if they are nice or not.
i learned from that lesson that to make friends and be nice and kind to them that what you are supposed to do to a friend
Remember to be kind to others
Wow! this is really nice but what we need to focus on is that its not about what the girl has that everyone likes about her,you should have a true friend that cares and loves for others and you should like the person for what she is not for what she has!
Such a beautiful story!
You shouldn’t be freinds with somebody just because they won something or go so thin you should be there true frend and love them for who they are and not what they have
Friend ship is about real friends who care about you,the only way you get real friends is by being a true friend yourself. Don’t expect anyone to be nice to you if you aren’t nice to others.
This shows that some people only stay around you when it’s beneficial for them and once you don’t have anything for them they leave
I liked the story so so much!!
I learned if you win a lattery and you loose money it doesn’t meen that nobody should talk to you
i learned that if you win a lottary and you lose the money it dosent mean you shoudnt be freinds with that person
i learned from the story some people just use you and that is reallyreally bad
i from the story some people just use you and that is reallyreally bad
Wow great story
i learned from this story that the girl was herself and didn’t show off that her parents one the lottery
i learned from this story to always be a friend to someone even if they don’t have everything you want from them always look in to the good side of someone
i learned from the story that u shouldn’t use people for there money be a true friend and look at your friend for who they are
I learned from this story that you should only talk to real friends, not friends that just want to use you
I learned that you should not use people for there money and just be there real friend because in the story they used her for her money and once she said her parents lost there money and everyone left her
i learned that u should not use people for anything
That was beautiful and inspiring
That was a beautiful lesson it was so sweet
i learned that u shouldnt like someone for wat they have u should like someone for who they r i just watched a show about this
Love this story and I think it should win number one cause it’s so deep and true
This is a nice story but sad at the same time cause sadly the majority of people talk to the person today if they need him for certain reason ,wether they want to use him for his money ,popularity ,or any other reason that serve their purpose ..not because they really care ..
it is a goood story
she learned a lesson!
i like it!
This is a good story!
This is a good story
the shy girl is nice and the other people were mean!
I think the people liked him because of the money and then never talked to him because she lied
I think that it is good to know if your friend is good or bad.
i think the people liked him because of the money and then never talked to him because she lied
i learned a big lesson from this story
The people who liked Jen because of the lottery are mean
i think the people liked him beacaus of the money
The shy girl was the only one who actually liked Jen and wanted to be her friend.
The shy girl was the only one who actually liked Jen
I THINK THAT IT IS GOOD TO
KNOW IF YOUR FREIND IS GOOD OR BAD.
its a really nice story it gives a lesson not to like someone because what they have like someone because there character
I think that this is a story that has a very good moral
I learned that the shy girl was the only nice one.The other ones were just trying to be cool.
I learned that you should trust good friends and don’t believe what phony friends say.
I learned that you can always do a mitzvah and help someone.Always help your friends!!
if you want to have a really good friend and want to determine who is a real friend than this is how to determine it
Nice ,I learned from this story to be aware ,not naive ,trust but not just anyone ,be there for the good friends always and stay away from users.
I love this story ,it shows true reflection for what is going on in our society now a days …
I learned never use a friend know matter what she is or not.
I like this story cause I learned from it few things at the same time ,give chance for everyone to be your friend but be aware who to be the real one that u can trust and be close to ..never take advantage of people no matter what they are human and they have feelings ..and at the end love every one and don’t be mean life is too short to waist it with Hate and revenge .
I admire this little story and especially that it’s coming from a mature little girl that is growing to understand the real life ,and the challenges that come along especially with society and friends and what it takes to find true relationship .
I like this story and I see big lesson in there ,that we always should be optimistic about finding good people and especially good friends even thought they are few of them …it’s still a blessing .
I like this story cause it gave me a lesson in understanding the true meaning of friendship.
don’t use anyone
It’s a great story with great lesson love your friends and be faithful and honest to every one around you and dong hurt or step on anyone
Love the story ..good luck on u winning lots of kids learned good lessons from it and may u always be inspiration for others ..
I learned from this story to appreciate my friends that I have that stood by me all the time and hope to god to keep users away from me ,and If they come around I hope I could change them and make them realize that what they are doing is wrong !!
I really appreciate this story ..especially in this day and time ,we learn two things first not to use any one no matter what treat people with honesty ,second be carful who to trust cause not every one is worthy of that .
As much as this story make u feel like u can’t trust just any one ,at the same time it teaches us a big lesson in trusting your self and have the strength to move on and not being affected by any one that tries to uses us and puts us down …
Love this story ,and love the idea of trying to see who is real and who is not and even though one only was real it’s good enough to move on
I like this story cause it gave a lesson to be very careful with people feelings not to heart any one and be sensitive for others especially not to make them feel used..
I learned from this story a great lesson in being real and honest in treating people that they trust me .
I learned from thus story not to give up on finding good friends
Love the story ,I learned from it not to take advantage of people and use their trust for my pleasure
I enjoyed reading this story ..very advanced and mature
Love this story sadly it’s so true that a lot of people are like that but there are always good people that stays around …these people deserve to be called friends.
I learned from this story to be faithful to your friend it takes a lot more then being there in his parties and happy moments u should be there for him especially when he is sad or need help
I learned from this story to respect your friends feeling and know that most of the time your friend that has money knows that u might be using or being close to him to enjoy what he has and this might hurt his feeling so be careful with that !
I learned from the story that never give up on finding real friends
I learned from this lesson that true friends will always love u and stay close to u no matter what life brings …
I learned firm this story that real friends are hard to find so if u have one u are blessed take care of him and no matter what forgive him all the time ..
I learned from this story to have love and appreciation for the real friend that I have who loves me all the time no matter what happened ..
Nice story ,we learned from it to be a faithful friend and love people around us for who they are not what they have..
Great story ,it has deep meaning ,for a child this age !!!keep it up
Great lesson to learn from this story!!
I learned from this story that good friend last for ever
We should learn from this story that life has up and down one day we could be rich , other day poor ..true friend stands by us all the time .
I see a big lesson learned from this story trust but only the true ones ..even if u only find one u are still blessed ..
Amazing I learned from this little story to be aware be with everyone but only trust the true one …
I learned from this story that in this generation people became so in love with money even small kids ..that they forgot the true meaning of friendship ..
I learned from this story that in life we going to meet all kind of people ..a smart person get close to true people that like him the way he is always no matter what he does or doesn’t have .!!
I learned from this story that a smart person should be aware and know his real friend from a pretend one that wants to use him for his benefit.
I learned from this story that it’s easy to have lots of friends to enjoy what u have but the hard part is to ding a true friend that u get to enjoy being with ..
What an inspiring story ..!!
I learned from this story that no matter who am I ,wether I’m rich or poor ..I am person who has feeling and I deserve to have a true friend that respect my feeling and care about me for me..
It’s a great very hard to find real friend but to have one real friend better than 10 fake
I think this story is a great example of agnolodging who is a true friend and who is worthy of continuing the friendship with.
Love it Sarah!! So proudd
I learned that people shouldn’t use someone just because they are rich. Because even if they are poor than that is no difference because it depends really on their personality.
I learnt that a person would rather be rich with real people who love them than poor with money
We learned that one true friend is better then 100 unfaithful users …
So we learned that sometimes people can use you for your good things you have. But u end up finding that one person who wont hurt you and use you
Money comes and goes friends are in our hearts for who they are not for their money you should never use them for money this is what I learned from this story
I learned that not to use people because people might just like me because what I have
The lesson that I leaned from this story was that don’t use a friend if she’s rich if u don’t like her don’t be her friend like her for who she is
I learned from this story that dont bribe girls for money because one day you will just hurt them
The lesson u learerned from it that people can be fake and people an be realy to u
always incllud others
It’s very important for our kids today to realize that malerial is the main reason for their childhood being taken away at early age …and always try to stay away from people that live and think that way and first step for happiness is finding true friend that likes you for who you really are ..you did it Sarah I’m so proud of you.love mom
Really inspiring
Money comes and goes and it doesn’t bring true happiness true friendship stays with us forever,
Very Nice Sara.
Uncle Joey.