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Jewish Values on Facebook

By Bobby Matalon Did you ever have a real friend? Well, Facebook tricks your mind. Facebook makes you believe that, if you get “Friended,” it means you got a friend. But, while you think you have friends, you don’t know them in real life. Maybe the reason you got friended is because the person who friended is saying, “Oh look. If I friend this popular guy, then he’ll friend me and because he friended me everyone will friend me. That’s how people think on Facebook. Most of the time people who friend you on Facebook are fake. They are just using you to get followers.

This story was published in the Bar Mitzvah Magazine

58 Comments

  1. Michelle Hamowy says:

    YOU SHOULD BE CAREFUL ON THE FACEBOOK AND THIS TEACHES US DON’T USE PEOPLE

  2. EVAN LEVY says:

    I LEARNED THAT FACEBOOK IS NOT A GOOD APP AND THAT MOST PEAPLE THAT FRIEND YOU ARE FAKE AND THAT YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE FACEBOOK BECAUSE ITS A SKAM

  3. EVAN LEVY says:

    I LEARNED THAT FACEBOOK IS NOT A GOOD APP AND THAT MOST PEAPLE THAT FRIEND YOU ARE FAKE

  4. Bette jane says:

    Don’t spend time looking at images of people you don’t even know don’t do this while you can be learning Torah

  5. avi Tessone says:

    Facebook is bad because you spend to much time in the Internet .

  6. nancy toussie says:

    i learned that facebook does not have real frends dont freind them to get followers there can be strangers its bad

  7. Judy Sitt says:

    i learned that social media is bad

  8. Marco habbouba says:

    wow boby i really learned a lesson from this

  9. yola Timsit says:

    I like how your story is saying that you shouldn’t be someone you aren’t

  10. well said

  11. allegra timsit says:

    That is very true in every person there is always that sense of luck. I also want to add to your essay, people are also thinking “oh I know this person, I know him from camp one year, let me friend him” but that person does not know what a real friend is.

  12. Joseph Abboud says:

    I agree with you people forgot how to speak with each other

  13. Anonymous says:

    Well said ppl should just talk to each other face to face !

  14. Bobby my big bro. Thank you for aharing i learn a lot. Mom dosnt even let us on those sites but i see why. I like talking to my friends and playing outside

  15. your smart wise guy

  16. very nice job bobby

  17. Anonymous says:

    cool

  18. Anonymous says:

    amazing story reely awsome

  19. Anonymous says:

    awsome

  20. I agree with you

  21. That is right people use you

  23. jonathan motovich says:

    you cant make real friends from websites

  24. yigal laham says:

    1.it teaches me to get real friends based on their personality not there status
    2.it teaches me that facebook is not a real website they’re trying to use you.
    3.the story taught me not to be jealous that other people have more friends because it matters if people really like you
    4.the story teaches me not to forget your real friends because you became popular
    5.

  25. i think you are right and I agree that you should make a friend face to face instead of making a fake friend online .

  27. i think you are right and make a friend face to face

  28. maor schultz says:

    i learned that to be someones friend you must talk to them in real life and see how they act

  29. Joe Gindi says:

    i think this is very wise and the message is that u cant make friends online with face book or twitter u have to really know him.

  30. perla berkovitz says:

    i learned that you shouldn’t believe everybody that wants to be friends with you only if they are sincere.

  31. lenoy srour says:

    i learned that i should be friends with everyone and i should be nice to everyone

  32. lenoy srour says:

    i learned that i should be friends with everyone and i should be nice

  33. I think this is very true

  34. This happens all the time and it hurts people Don’t Use kids it hurts them even though u don’t

  35. i aggre

  36. hiram gindi says:

    very well wrote i think thats true

  37. danielle ammar says:

    this is so true it teaches me you need to make sure you are friends with real people according to there personality not their status

  38. raphael ammar says:

    Bobby nice story. i think a lot of people could learn from your story hope you get a chance to write another story.

  39. Awesome bobby

  40. eli mishanie says:

    true

  41. sion dweck says:

    this very true

  42. Nice article

  43. Bobby I agree with you nobody in 5th grade would think as wise as you.

  44. gary finkel says:

    i like that

  45. FACEBOOK DOSE NOT HAVE REAL FRIENDS DONT FRIEND THEM JUST TO GET FOLLOWERS

  46. Dian Abboud says:

    Bobby you are so bright people judge so quick

  47. Bobby, I agree with you. People need to just talk to each other face to face instead of using the internet and texting.

  48. Good boy bobby its true just stop going on the internet

  49. Thats so smart bobby grandma loves u

  50. Yes this is so true just bec you have Facebook friends it doesn’t mean u are or aren’t popular bobby you are the best

  51. Rosie matalon says:

    Your so smart bobby i couldnt have said it better myself

  52. True bobby i never liked facebook

  53. Right on target bobby people shoul just talk to each other

  54. Love this it’s so true

  55. It’s a shame how society defines the word “friend” so loosely. Bobby Matalon, you are wise for figuring this out so young.

  56. David Gindi says:

    Bobby is a true, real friend through and through. Facebook can cause others to believe that they have true friends, when in reality, they have built a false sense of security for themselves.

  57. Sue Cohen says:

    Very wise and very true and this young man knows what real friends mean

  58. Bobby matalon, i think you are correct. I often see that people go onto facebook and find that they talk with others and chat but in reality these people are not thier friends. I learn that just be who you are and socialize without these sites.

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