“Dylan, wake up!” My mom yelled to my room from the hallway. It was January 28, 2017, my Bar Mitzvah date. This date means a lot to me, I had been going to Hebrew school and studying for about 5 years to prepare me for this specific day. Today is a very important day for me and my family, we have been looking forward to this day ever since I started Hebrew School. I knew that all of the studying and hard work, will finally come to use today. While I got out of bed and was getting dressed for the service that morning, I was thinking about the day ahead of me. I put on my white shirt, purple tie, and black pants in my room. I kept thinking about what would happen if I mess up. Would everyone be laughing or would someone point it out to everyone? I was so nervous to be up on the bima by myself leading prayers and singing in front of all of my family and friends. All I wanted to do was get the service over with and get to the party My family and I were …show more content…
There was so much going through my head, but all of the sudden, I hear the rabbi say my name and call me to lead the service now. So I stood up, went to the stand and looked out into the sea of my family and friends all staring at me, and I immediately felt a lot more nervous. The rabbi told me to open to the Ashrei and start chanting and lead the prayer, so I did and I did the prayer really well. For the rest of the service I wasn’t messing up and I felt more comfortable as I read more prayers. But then the Haftarah came, I started learning my Haftarah later in the process of studying. I read the first couple lines really well but then around the fourth or fifth line, I stuttered and messed up. Instead of moving on and skipping the line after messing up like my tutor and teachers always said, I reread the line and finished it. After that, I only read 2 more prayers and the service was
Despite the fact that Judaism overall is thought of as one integral faith, it is actually made up of a few denominations that include Reform Judaism, Orthodox Judaism, and Conservative Judaism. These denominations have formed over time due to the fact that, like many other religious followings, Judaism over time has been through many challenges and tribulations that have cause it to both lose and gain followers. One of those challenges for the Judaism faith includes the Hasidic movement of the 18th century. Throughout this paper, I will be discussing the Hasidic movement and how it related to the development of the denominations of Judaism that include: Reform Judaism, Orthodox Judaism, and Conservative Judaism.
Overall, I enjoyed the experience of learning more about a new culture and participating in their cultural events. My original fear of being an intruder went away when people would be friendly and introduce themselves to me. I was surprised to enter the prayer room and see that people were sitting on the floor because I am used to people having a chair to sit on. I was also nervous about sitting on the floor for a long period of time because my body is not used to it and I am not as youthful as I once was. After about thirty minutes, I started to get really uncomfortable, but I continued to sit because I did not want to be offensive by standing. I was surprised to see volunteers cooking meals for the guest because that is not something that I am used to seeing at a
I felt very nervous prior to the session beginning. I get anxious speaking in front of groups of people, and I was fearful I would say the wrong thing, or not follow the Solution-Focused plan correctly. I was also thinking about what may happen and how the clients would react, and what they would say as the conversation progressed. However, after a few minutes, I started to feel more relaxed, and forgot about the classroom full of people who were watching me. I started to feel like I was in a real session with real clients, and my gut feelings just started to take over my nervousness.
Would you consider going to a school where you learn year-round? Maybe this would be your ideal school, but, when would you get to have some time to go to summer camp, or get a summer job, or play a sport with games during the day? Schools with the traditional schedule may actually be a better choice, and not just because kids love summer break. Schools should have a traditional school year schedule instead of a year round schedule because there isn’t a significant difference between the students’ performance, and year round schedules make planning family vacations hard, make the teachers’ job more difficult, and are more expensive. Also, having a summer break allows kids to participate in activities that they would not be able to do on a year round schedule due to the shorter breaks.
The lights dimmed. You could see everyone raising their hands while closing their eyes. In this moment, there was only silence. Each person keeping still. Tears running down the faces of the ones who have been touched. Touched not physically, but touched emotionally in the soul. In this moment there was no fear, there was only strength. Standing and gazing over all the people who were singing, I led them in praise and worship. For many years throughout my highschool career, I’ve led my youth and church through many worships noticing how each and every individual grows and prospers to enhance their fullest potentials. Leading through my voice has strengthen my voice. My voice has grown from a child to a young adults. Leading a group in my church through my voice has not always been easy though, but the ending reward of knowing what I have accomplished in aiding those who need the help is fulfilling.
What do you think about going to school year round with little breaks here and there, but not your traditional three month summer break? Year round schooling has been a decision argued with the government, teachers, principals and parents. Many kids and adults like to relax on their three month break. Many students are used to having two week winter break, one week spring break, and three months of summer break. Overall, one three month break would benefit than having three-week breaks broken up throughout the school year.
Moses was born in Africa-Egypt to a Hebrew family, from the tribe of Levi. However, Moses grew up in Pharaoh’s house as one of the prince of Egypt. It came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown that he ran away to the land of Midian after he discovered that he was a Hebrew child, and killed an Egyptian for the sake of his brethren (Exodus 2:1-10).
Immediately, I filled with fear and tears. Not only was I being asked to describe joy and pain, I had to put off my own lingering shame issues to do it. Worse, I had to do it on camera and felt an immediate Christian obligation to offer some kind of hope to the viewer. I suited up emotionally with a prayer and my deepest breath in years. "Dear God, help me to not completely fuck this up! Please speak through me!"
Estefania Jimenez Module 8 • What is the criteria for being Jewish? What does it mean to be Jewish? While doing research on the Internet, I discovered that according to Halakha, a Jew by birth must be born to a Jewish mother. The acceptance of the principles of Judaism does not make a person a Jew.
And I didn’t want to let them down so every day I would practice my prayer so I can say it correctly and loudly enough so everybody can understand me. I practiced for about 3 weeks saying the prayer repeatedly. Then it came, the day of the wedding. I was so nervous about speaking in front of so many people but I also was honored with this opportunity and didn’t want to disappoint. So, I got on the stage and said my prayer Immediately when I said “amen” everyone was standing and clapping for me. People were coming up to me and telling me what a wonderful job I did, and I was so relieved to hear these words because this was such a big deal for me. To be able to speak to a lot of people on a very special day and for them to tell me I did good, felt like I overcame being illiterate.
A philosophy of Christian education encompasses many aspects that overlap areas of a child 's life that could not be nurtured and molded in a public school setting. Therefore, the Christian philosophy of education must include so much more. The Bible must be used as the basis for the education of children. A child should be taught in a way that will best benefit the individual that God created. He should be trained in his own way, the way he learns best. In order to do that, teachers must be able to assess their students in a manner that will reveal the learning styles that best fit each child. By doing this, the best possible education can be given to each student. Proverbs 22:6 states, "Train up a child in the way he should go..." The ways
We got to the convention center where the ceremony was being held and the parking garage was so full we had to park three blocks away. As I walked through the doors of the convention center I found my to the sea of purple and yellow caps and gowns that were already forming a line. I quickly threw on my gown and walked into the back to find out where I was supposed to be and instead found my English teacher frantically running around trying to get everyone in place. I was pushed into my row and told not to talk, that’s not easy when you have to sit through 400 other people’s names getting called before yours does but I muscled through
A first day at a new school can always be scary and nerve wrecking. Starting a new school can seem as if making new friends will be almost impossible. In the end a new school calls for new experiences and new friends.
My experience with school was very challenging and overcoming my personal struggles was not an easy feat. I started Kindergarten with an Individualized Education Program (IEP) and I’m thankful that my preschool teacher recognized my learning challenges and encouraged my parents to have me evaluated. We found out that I had ADHD and learning disabilities that would make academic achievement a challenge for me. More specifically, I had difficulty decoding words and pronouncing some letter sounds such as “R’s” and “W’s”. As a result, excelling in school was a challenge due to my disability and the reaction of other students to my disability only made it more difficult.
My father held my hand a gently squeezed it and told me everything was going to be okay, since he knew my biggest fear was to freeze and not move, or fall over. His reassurance gave me enough confidence that I managed to lift what felt like a brick move forward and before I knew it we were walking down the aisle. Everybody starring could 've been a glare of misfortune for me, but I didn 't even notice all the people standing staring at me, all I noticed was my future husband waiting for me at the altar. My tunnel vision was only letting me see my husband. It was such an amazing feeling to see him standing there and looking back at me I felt like we were the only two in the entire church. The ceremony was a success and when we finally got to walk down the aisle as husband and wife, I then realized how much love and emotion was in the air of the church at that moment, there were some crying, clapping, smiling, and congratulating us. There were many more people than I would 've ever expected to be there for us. When we got outside, we were thrown rose petals and I thought to myself this is what I 've always wanted complete happiness and satisfaction.