Narrative Essay On Hebrew School

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“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

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