By Shaya Yakobzon For me, it’s very hard to wake up for school. But, today, I said to myself, “Just wake up for 20 seconds.” So, I tried and in 10 seconds I fell down. I did it again, until I made it. I went down the stairs to wash my hands. I said to myself,…
By Yossi Ostrovitsky One sunny day, I went to get a bike for my birthday present. My first two wheel bike. When I got home, I tried to ride it. I went one foot and fell. I tried and tried and tried. One year later, I finally learned how to ride a 2 wheel bike.
By Avraham Lieber I came to school carrying a big bag of potato chips. We had a Siyum. We started davening and learning very excitedly. Finally it came time for the Siyum. But, my Rebbi said, “It’s time to say a Dvar Torah.” It was so tempting to eat. But, I showed respect and waited until…
By Binyamin Schwartz You want to go out and play but, maybe, you should do your homework first. The ice cream truck comes and you have money but maybe you should save your money. I have a problem with these things. I tried and tried and I succeeded. Don’t let your laziness, your pleasure, get the…
By Yehoshua Heschkel Mosak By lunch, everyone is hungry. And, everybody wants to be first. If Yossi will go ahead of everybody and push, it will be not fair to everyone else. He will have to control himself. What should he do? Either go ahead and make everyone angry. Or, go to the back of the…
By Asher Bienenstock First scenario: Ari got home. “Hello Ma, what’s for supper?” “Ari, how was your day? And your favorite supper is ready, meatballs and spaghetti.” “Yay,” Ari walks into the kitchen. Instead of taking a lot, he takes a small amount at a time. All of a sudden, Ari’s little sister throws a meatball…
By Yehoshua Leib I was playing hockey and I was skating down the rink. I had a shot but instead I passed it to a kid who noone would pass to. Noone knew how good he was. He shot from half of the rink and he scored. Everyone started to pass to him. He was the…
By Biyamin Zechwartz Working as a team is very important and thing get done a lot quicker. When doing a choir, one person can’t do it all. There needs to be a drummer, a pianists, a guitarist, a lot of things are involved. Your talent is only your talent. And you might have more than one…
By Yossi Ostrovitsky Dovid, Chaim and Mordechai were playing basketball. Mordechai has the ball but he is not very good. Dovid is behind him, who is good. Dovid is open, so Mordechai instead of shooting and missing passes to Dovid who shoots and scores. If Mordechai would’ve shot, he would have missed. So, he used team…
By Ahron Dovid Kozlowski I was once playing basketball with a classmate, he was good at scoring and I was good at defense, shooting and passing. So, we used teamwork and it worked. I passed to him, he scored. I dribbled it up till the hoop, passed to him and he scored. We kept on using…
By Moshe Strauss An example of teamwork is writing a book. There is an author and an illustrator. The author might know how to write well, but when he tries to draw a picture it comes out terrible. The illustrator might know how to draw well, but he does not know how to write a story….
By Azariah Dov Rotberg I tried to make a costume. First I couldn’t find ideas. Then I couldn’t make it. Now I couldn’t pick materials and then I couldn’t saw. So, I called my friend. Chaim is very creative. Shragi is very artistic. Boruch has good taste and Aaron knows how to saw. As a team…
By Mordechai Landa We have a big test that the whole school takes. It’s very major and you get good prizes. We have a few. First it’s a Bereshis test, second is a Brachos test and last is a Pesach test. I try very hard to get a good mark. 2 years ago I got a…
By Shimon Press Last year in fourth grade I was making a book with my class. I wasn’t very good at writing. So, I kept on practicing. And whenever we did writing on something my teacher always read our writings to the class and mine was always so boring. I kept on practicing and I made…
By Simcha Braunstein When I was 8 there was an older boy in camp who I admired because he was a rocking pitcher. I decide to try to be as good as him. Every day I practiced. By the league I pitched and it was terrible. We lost almost every single game. First I got very…
By Sruly Akerman I am in a choir and one time the head of the choir was looking for a kid for a solo. He picked me to try for a solo. But he gave it to another kid. I was gong to stop trying but I practiced a lot and next time he picked me…
By Shimon Kadosh One day Chaim said to himself, “I am going to get a touchdown in football.” When he got a pass he quickly dropped the ball by accident. All his classmates started screaming at him. The next day he stayed on the side by recess until a kid came to him and told him…
By Shlomo Zalman Chaim wanted to be a waiter. Since he didn’t have any experience he had a hard time doing it. He dropped the tray by the wedding. He was very embarrassed when everyone laughed at him. But his boss told him that happened to him also and he should try again. He did try…
By Chaim Shmaya Ovstatcher One Thursday afternoon I went fishing. I was there for 2 hours and didn’t catch any. I was deciding whether I should stay or give up and leave. I continued for another hour, I didn’t catch anything. I was embarrassed. I ran home. The next day I went back, but this time…
By Sholom B. Hunger I had a goal to win a race. At the beginning of the race I thought I would win because I was ahead of everyone who was running the race. I started to fall behind one person, two people, three, four, very soon I was all the way behind. But I never…
By Heshy Hunger We had to write a story in class. I wanted to write a good one, I read my story out loud after we finished and everyone smirked. The next day we had to write another story. A voice inside me said, “Don’t even try, they laughed behind you,” but I decided to try…
By Yitzchak Fruchtandler I walked into the class the fist day of school. I decided that I wanted to be mekayem the mitzvah of “Veachavta Lereyecha Kamocha” – loving each and every Jew. There was a kid in the class who used to be my best friend. But, during this summer’s vacation when he was playing…
By Nosson Dov Rotberg Reuven wanted to be good at math. He feels like he should stop trying because he failed his test. The next time he had a math test, he started studying all over again even though he was very upset. He tried to forget what happened with last test and focuses on doing…
By Y.Meir Charnoff There was a man who wanted to become an artist. He signed up at the art school to learn how to draw. The man took art classes for 3 years. Then he started drawing. He sent his first drawing to the store. They put it on display. He was passing by the store…
By Daniel Chaim Gavrelov Once I was playing basketball and my goal was to win the game. But, I missed the last shot to win and I lost the game. My friends were screaming at me, because I missed the last shot. The next day, my friends asked me if I wanted to play I said,…
By Chaya Shmaya Feder One boy had a goal to be a able to learn every night for 3 hours. Every time he tried he was unsuccessful. Every night he came home and did endless homework, ate supper and read for about 4 hours and then he tried to do the Hebrew homework. He tried to…
By Avi Brodt Naftali wasn’t to be a good author. One day he wrote a book. He went to the publisher; he asked, “Can you publish my book?” The publisher said, “Ha! You have to write better.” Naftali wrote another book, he went again to another publisher. He too didn’t want to publish it. Then, he…
By Dani Feldshteyn Lets’ say this boy, Moshe, does not know how to swim. He takes lessons to learn how to swim and he fails. The next day, he comes back and takes another lesson and another, but he keeps failing. The next day, his mother tells him to try again, but he doesn’t want to…
By Shimon Kadosh One day Chaim said to himself, “I am going to get a touchdown in football.” When he got a pass he quickly dropped the ball by accident. All his classmates started screaming at him. The next day he stayed on the side by recess until a kid came to him and told…
By Sruly Akerman I am in a choir and one time the head of the choir was looking for a kid for a solo. He picked me to try for a solo. But he gave it to another kid. I was gong to stop trying but I practiced a lot and next time he…
By Simcha Braunstein When I was 8 there was an older boy in camp who I admired because he was a rocking pitcher. I decide to try to be as good as him. Every day I practiced. By the league I pitched and it was terrible. We lost almost every single game. First I got…
By Chaim Shmaya Ovstatcher One Thursday afternoon I went fishing. I was there for 2 hours and didn’t catch any. I was deciding whether I should stay or give up and leave. I continued for another hour, I didn’t catch anything. I was embarrassed. I ran home. The next day I went back, but this…
By Sholom B. Hunger I had a goal to win a race. At the beginning of the race I thought I would win because I was ahead of everyone who was running the race. I started to fall behind one person, two people, three, four, very soon I was all the way behind. But…