By Bashy Blatter Coming home from a hard day of school with a lot of homework on her back, Miri was exhausted. She gazed at her library book sitting on the couch staring back at her saying, “Come on. You are almost done reading me! You love to read. Come on. ” Then Miri’s knapsack caught…
By Penina Nikforuz Let’s say you have a great Lashon Hara to tell your friends. It is so interesting that you can’t handle yourself. You think to yourself that if I tell this news, everyone will be my friend. You will be popular. So, you go on and you say your juicy Lashon Hara. You are…
By Rivka Masar It was my uncle’s wedding and I had a pink dress and, right before we left, I was thirsty. There was only a bottle of Coke on the table so I drank and it spilled on my dress. I went to my mom and she tried to clean it but it just made…
By Rivka Segel Whenever I get hurt, I think to myself I am not so hurt. It could’ve been worse. Many people have to be in the hospital with much worse injuries. My father gives money to an organization for kids whose lungs have mucus and they have to be on pipes the whole day. Baruch…
By Tamar Florence You missed the bus-it’s a nice day, I’ll walk. You got a bad mark on a test – I know to try harder. You broke your arm – you don’t have to do school work. My parents love me, I have a roof over my head, and I don’t have to be in…
By Hadassah Newman A girl in my class is very happy. Even when something bad happens, she is still happy. One time, she had a very bad day. Our math teacher had a baby and, on the first day, the substitute picked on her right away. Math is our last period so most people would go…
By Nechama Gitty Shapiro Among our friends there were a lot of fights with each other and other people. However, this girl somehow managed not to be in a single fight. More than this, she always broke up the fight instead of walking away. I always wanted to follow her instead of the girls who have…
By Chaya Sarah Moskowitz Its sunny day and your mother just told you to wake up for school. You said the night before that you would get up right away. Your mother is still calling 10 minutes later and you still didn’t get up. What is this? This is temptations and lack of self discipline. Self…
By Adina Sara Weinberger Computer, DS’s , phones, we want them but that does not mean we need them. And, as much as you say you don’t even have temptation, you naturally do. But if you measure your Pro’s and Cons, you will end up with more pros. The pros of having computer and iPods: enjoyments…
By Dafna Stern Discipline. The word alone has so much power, so much meaning. Self discipline might have the most power and ability to get you somewhere far in life. From limiting your ice cream to holding back your anger, self discipline goes far. To me, the most important type of self discipline is time management….
By Ruthy Levy Kadi Why does a person fall? So they can get back up again. Life has its ups and downs. It’s not a straight ride. So, if someone tries to have self discipline, they should not give up. If they fall, they just get back up again and not give up. “Yawn, just another…
By Tikva Chamani It’s a hot summer day in June. Sweat drips down your forehead. You pass by an ice cream store and you start imagining an ice cream cone with three flavors covered with hot caramel and chocolate chips on top. “Oh, come on. Just 1 ice cream,…it’s been so long.” “No! Stop it! It…
By Dina Herskovic Rivky is studying for her Chumash test for tomorrow and she wants to take a little break. So, she tells herself, “Ok, I am only going to take a 5 minute break.” Rivky knows if she is going to take a longer break, then she is going to keep pushing the studying off…
By Malka Fisher Sara wanted to go on a diet to lose weight. She decided to only eat 1 junk food a day. On the 1st day she succeeded and only ate 1 junk food. However, on the 2nd day she couldn’t control herself and ate 3. Eventually her entire diet fell apart. When you set…
By Chayala Nachum Picture this scenario. Its 8:45 in the morning and you’re curled up under your covers, blissfully unaware that you are late for school. Your mother told you to wake up but your Yetzer Hara convinced you not to. You finally wake up and dash to school without eating breakfast or davening. For the…
By Devory Lebowitz When you go on vacation, you enjoy yourself at the time. But once you are back in your regular curriculum what is it worth? Vacation, parties, etc are just a temporary change from your usual schedule that fuels you to keep the Torah and Mitzvot. However, when you do a mitzvah, it gives…
By Chani Rubenstein You work really hard to make an artwork piece for class and your 6 year old brother rushes by with his football and knocks over your easel with your painting that you spent 3 hours on. There are many way to react to a situation like this, which can cause you to…
By Chani Brodt Suri was the only one who wasn’t playing. We were all playing elimination by recess. But she was sitting on the side looking upset. I got out after a couple of minutes and I went over to sit next to her. I asked her what was wrong and she told me she got…
By Huvi Kadin Being popular is all you may ever think of. That’s what every kid would want. Shira always dreamed of being popular. Every day, when she would walk to school, she would think what is going to happen in school today. One thing always played in her head like a broken tape recorder, “Will…
By Malka Nussbaum Elana lives on a nice block. She has loads of girls her age on her block. Some are her friends and others are not really nice to her. They fill her life with misery. They make fun of her, do pranks on her, etc. The tormenting is non-stop and definitely not going to…
By Adina Pool Imagine coming home from school one day. It wasn’t really the best day. You left your snack at home and you forgot to do your homework, etc. As soon as you get home you run to the snack cabinet to get your favorite snack bag that you got from your friend for purim…
By Chayala Lev When Shira walked into her house it was awfully quiet, too quiet. “Why can’t my family have fun,” she thought to herself. Her sisters were busy studying and her brother was buried under his book. “Do you want to play a game?” Shira asked her brother. “Nah,” said her brother not looking up…
By Hudis Hoch Lea stepped out of the house into the streaming sunlight. She needed a break. Chani was getting on her nerves again. Lea hated sharing a room with her sister. She sat down on a chair and wondered, as she did everyday, why Chani was so annoying. The problem was Lea was a perfectionist…
By Shira Safia Sometimes when I get a bad mark, I could think about the other times when I got a good mark. I could thank Hashem for my good marks and learn from my bad mistakes. When my brother annoys me, I feel so angry at him but then I remember when I fell…
By Yehudis Kahan Sara sat in dance class watching her two neighbors dance along with the dance teacher. Why couldn’t she do those gymnastic moves with them? Why do they get solos and she does not? But wait, she also has something they don’t have. A talent that she is good at is tap dancing. Does…
By Gitty Silber Malky went over to her friend Shaindy after school on Tuesday. When they got there, Malky was amazed. Shaindy had her own music room full of instruments which she played. Shaindy showed her all of them and played it for her. Malky was jealous. Shaindy had so many musical talents. She went back…
By Reena Shilian Chava wakes up every morning thinking that she will never survive with her annoying brother, David. David ruins things, breaks her toys and picks on her. One day, when Chava came home, she found out that her birthday present was missing. Without thinking twice, she stomped into David’s room and started shouting at…
By Goldie Perlowitz Ahuva’s sister wanted to borrow Ahuva’s new favorite shirt because she had a Bat Mitzvah in 15 minutes. So Ahuva said, “Ok, fine. But be very careful not to ruin it.” After about 3 hours her sister came home from the Bat Mitzvah. Ahuva saw 3 stains on her new favorite shirt that…
By Esther Mehlman Frustration: When I don’t get the mark on a math test that I expected or wanted even if I studied the whole night. The truth is, a lot of things go wrong – all the time. But I think it’s important to move on. This is because if I was always thinking about…
By Rena Gross One time, I got a kidney infection for weeks. In those weeks, I missed my class play, I slept through my brother’s wedding. I was very upset that I slept through my brother’s wedding and that I missed my play but I got over it. It is very good to get over things….
By Leah Hatanian “Girls, listen up! We are going to make a play, ‘The Wizard of Us.’ I am going to split you up to practice with your group lines from the play. On Monday, will be the auditions. Good luck! So the groups are: Sarah, Miri and Chana in the 1st group.” The second Sarah…
By Aliza Greenberger “I like your dress,” said Sara. “Thank you,” said Leah. After a day of compliments, Leah said “You want to come to my house after school?” “Sure.” “Why don’t we practice for the play?” said Leah. “Well,” replied Sara, “I don’t really have a part.” “That’s all right. I can get you one….
By Yael Abramowitz If you are feeling left out of a group, what do you do? Do you try to befriend somebody in the group? Which girl do you choose? The most friendly girl? Probably not. Most likely you will befriend the most popular, stylish girl. After all, she is the one who will help you…
By Adina Feigelstein Shira burst into the classroom. Her eyes were sparkling with excitement. She announced to the whole class that she had gotten the newest game that was very expensive. All day, during recess and lunch, Shira talked about the game. A crowd of girls gathered around her to listen. Among those girls was Naomi who…
By Esti Samel “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….
By Chaviva Martin You have a classmate who you get into a lot of fights with. One day, you hear that she is head of a play. You really want to be the main part. So, you start acting nice to her when you really don’t like her. You hear that you got the main part….
By Miriam Shadrouz You and your friend and another girl are going bike riding. The other girl is not allowed to go to the next block. You ask your friend, “Do you want to go the next block?” And you dump the other girl. You know you are a bad friend. This story was published in…
By Hodaya Bentyaghoub One day, Dina came to school in her new school shoes. Everybody always wanted those shoes. So, everybody started being friends with Dina. She never used to be as popular as she was now. One day, everyone found out that Dina’s shoes were not really hers. They were her cousin’s. From then on,…
By Shira Frenkel “Hi, my parents are going away can I stay with you for today?” Atara just asked me if she could stay at my house. She is the most popular girl in school. “Yeah, but I’ll need to ask my mother,” I said in excitement. I watched Atara go back to her popular group….
By Rosie Edelman Leah was having a math test the next day. She was doing poorly in math. She called up one girl, Tamar, who is great in math. She didn’t really like Tamar, but if she wanted to get 100 then she had no choice. Leah studied all night on the phone with Tamar. She…