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By Abie Shamah A good friend is someone who promises not to tell Loshon Hara and keeps it. If you do something embarrassing, he won’t tell anyone. This story was published in the Bar Mitzvah Magazine
By Abie Shamah A good friend is someone who promises not to tell Loshon Hara and keeps it. If you do something embarrassing, he won’t tell anyone. This story was published in the Bar Mitzvah Magazine
By Isaac Tammam Brian is friends with Raymond. Brian isn’t really fiends with him, but he is using him. Raymond has just gotten the newest video game in town. Brian wants to play it. So he tries to compliment Raymond. Brian tries to persuade him to play the game. He persuades him by saying things like, “I’ll…
By Michael Ancona Let’s say that there are 4 boys having a sleepover and there are only 3 beds. So, one boy will have to sleep on the floor. A sign of a good friend is someone who cares about you, someone who will sleep on the floor and let his friends sleep on the bed. This…
By Jack Guindi A good friend means someone who cares for you. An example is if you are down and your friend helps you back up. A bad friend will not help you back up. A good friend is unselfish. For example, he asks you, “What game do you want to play?” If he is a bad…
By Ezra Faks You know someone is a good friend if he takes time to help you. For example, if you are not so good in football and your friend takes time to help you. David and his best friend Yosef love football. David isn’t so good in it. Yosef comes to David’s house and they…
By Raymond Tawil One day when I was in recess, we were trying to make the teams. We had a really hard time trying to decide what the teams were going to be. Then we decided to make captains but I thought it wasn’t right because the last person who was left to pick would be the…
By Esther Chabbott There was a girl named Sophia. She had 2 friends, Samantha and Victoria. Sophia’s dad got her real gold “best friends forever” necklaces. She walked into school wearing one of them. Renee and Molly came up to her and were trying on her other 2 necklaces that she had. So, they hung out with…
By Lois Betesh A good friend is a friend who is trustworthy. One day, Jacqueline told her friend Michelle a big secret. The secret was that she was having a party but her mom let her invite only 10 girls. Jacqueline made sure to tell Michelle not to tell anyone because she didn’t want to make anyone…
By Danny Erani A bad friend is someone who bosses you around, someone who knows your secrets and will tell everyone. A good friend is someone who is fair and shares with you.
By Joseph Ezon People choose friends that take advantage of them because they want money, toys, to be in a big house, be popular and try to be cool. The sign of a good friend is if you get in a fight with someone and he is on your side. Also, if he includes you in everything…
By Joyce Betesh One day, a new girl arrived to school. The “It girls” (the popular girls) went over to her to see who she was. They asked her, “Who are you?” The new girl answered, “Hello, to you too. My name is Jessica. What are your names?” “We call ourselves the ‘It girls’.” Jessica was confused….
By Sam Dweck What is a sign of a good friend? They share with you, they are there when you need them, and they accept you for who you are. A sign of a bad friend is when they are mean to other people but nice to you. They don’t share with you. They use you by…
By Ruthie Mineh The new school year started and Sarah was new at the yeshiva. She didn’t know anybody in school. She was really shy and thought, “Who will ever be friends with me.” She went to Hebrew class and knew every question that the Hebrew teachers asked. In her school there was a popular girl named…
By Sammy Kishk Tom and Bob are good friend. Tom is rich. Bob doesn’t have good games. He is jealous of Tom. Secretly, he told everybody not to be friends with Tom. One day, Tom was wondering why no one was his friend anymore. Bob was happy because on Sundays he could go over to Tom and…
By Rachel Lati Carly knew Melissa from school. Carly asked Melissa, “Do you have any hair clips, pony tails and fun games?” Melissa replied, “Yes.” Carly asked, “Can I have them?” Melissa said, “Ok.” They played together the whole day. The next day, when Carly was walking back from school, Melissa said, “Hi, Carly.” Carly replied, “Oh,…
By Mayer Zeitoune A good friend will never let you down. A good friend remembered that it was my birthday. He said, “Happy Birthday!” I said, “You are really a good friend because you remembered.” The next thing I knew, he threw me a surprise party.
By Jacob Sorcher Some people let other people take advantage of them so that they can get popular and have an advantage. There are so many ways you can tell if you have a good friend. Your friend is not taking advantage if he shares and does not just take, but he also gives. If he tries…