By Nicole Dror Once, a girl was reading a word. But she said it incorrectly and in a funny way. Everyone started laughing and so did the teacher. Everyone got over it, because we really felt bad. She was sad. She is our friend and we love her. But she stopped raising her hand to read…
By Sarit Hara I am always sad because I am not talented. But, I tried lots of things such as art, knitting, swimming, basketball, football, gymnastics and doing nails. So, one day my aunt came and asked me to do her hair. I said, “I am not good at it.” She said, “Just try.” So, I…
By Sophia Hindy Always on Shabbat I love to look my best. So I always iron my hair . I started noticing that I had dead ends in my hair. My sister told me, “If you keep on ironing you hair will be rough and dry”. I told her to hide the iron from my. But,…
By Betty Ghgonoja I remember when I broke my finger. It was on a Saturday night. My finger looked like a mountain. But, I knew that this is what Hashem wants. When I got to the hospital, I went into the emergency room. I realized that there are a lot of people who were there,…
By Shira Hara When the play started I felt nervous. It was my turn to sing. Everybody laughed at me. I was so shy. The next day I didn’t want to go to school. My mom told me, “Go to school. Who cares what people say? If they laugh at you say, have you never made…
By Shyrelle Pesso I have a goal to be a better chazanit. When I was in second grade I was the class chazanit. I was so shy that i was mumbling and I was being laughed at. Now that I am older, I told myself that I grew up and that was a long time ago….
By Natalie Blas There was a girl that wanted to learn how to be a hair stylist, but she couldn’t. She tried so hard but she would always make a mistake. She thought to herself, “Should I give up because I keep on failing?” Then she said, “If I give up, people will say, “She is…
By Shira Ponino I come home thinking that everything was ok. My mother asked me, “What did you get on your math test?” I didn’t know what to say. If I lie, then it won’t be a problem. So, I lied and told her I got a good grade. If I keep on lying to…
By Sophia Kastika Sarah’s goal is to become a fashion designer. She designed a dress for her friend, but her friend didn’t like it. Sarah didn’t want to be a fashion designer anymore, but her mom talked her into trying again. While she was making the dress she thought of her mom’s words, “if at first…
By Sophia Hindy On a Friday afternoon I was baking muffins. I felt very good and accomplished about it. But when I tasted them, something was wrong. Before I could tell anyone they shouldn’t eat, they already did. They told me it was fine, so I wouldn’t feel bad. But I knew the truth. This didn’t…
By Frieda Alhalabi One day my mom told me to cook for my sister’s Bat Mitzvah. I said, “Yes I would love to bake cookies for her.” I love her so much. I used the best recipe. When everyone tried my cookies at the party, they said it tasted disgusting. I was crying. When my brother’s…
By Sophia Hindy Posting a picture on any social media starts out as fun for you. But once you see other people’s accounts you see how she has so many likes, followers, comments, etc., . Seeing these will suck the fun out of the point of the media. You don’t necessarily have to stop using these…
By Chella Ennakab I think to get through life you need a challenge. Hashem challenges every person. He gives you challenges that He knows you could overcome. I want to become more religious. I can’t do it in one step, because I will fall back. I can’t keep the whole Shabbat. But one time I…
By Sophia Kastika Sarah’s goal is to become a fashion designer. She designed a dress for her friend, but her friend didn’t like it. Sarah didn’t want to be a fashion designer anymore, but her mom talked her into trying again. While she was making the dress she thought of her mom’s words, “if at…
By Orly There was a girl who read Hebrew very slowly. One day she was reading Tehilim to the class and everyone was huffing and puffing because they were so bored. So she never raised her hand to read Tehilim again. But, then she realized it doesn’t matter if they don’t like it, she kept…
By Sophia Hindy On a Friday afternoon I was baking muffins. I felt very good and accomplished about it. But when I tasted them, something was wrong. Before I could tell anyone they shouldn’t eat, they already did. They told me it was fine, so I wouldn’t feel bad. But I knew the truth….