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Daniella Beswick - Batmitzvah Mitzvah
For my mitzvah project I helped Reach for a Dream. I spent the day at BUGZ with a little 7 year old girl named Elizabeth. She has been...


Mani Kuti-Alexander - Dvar Torah
THE BEGINNING OF MY PARASHAH is different to the parshiyot that have preceded it. For the past weeks we have read about the instructions...


Jordy Katz - Dvar Torah
Dear Rabbi Greg, congregation and friends My Barmitzvah Parsha must have been hand-picked by God for me because the inspiring message...


My Mitzvah Project - Tyla Baker
I usually volunteer at an animal shelter, but for my Mitzvah, I decided to do something that is also close to my heart. I went to visit...


Tyla Baker - Dvar Torah
My Parashah, or Torah portion is Va-eira and is found in the book of Exodus, which means to evacuate or leave, in this case, the land of...


Sebastian Summerfield - Dvar Torah
In My Parasha,the patriarch,Yaakov calls his sons, gathers his strength & on His deathbed gives each one of them a blessing. In the...


Cara and Zoe Shiri - Dvar Torah
Our batmitzvah falls on Parashat Miketz and on the first Shabbat of Chanukah, in both we can read about Jews living in a different...


Alexi Shaff - Bat Mitzvah Mitzvah
I feels that at this time of year there are so many little kids that get nothing --so I am going to spend time with needy kids handing...


Alexi Shaff - Dvar Torah
Rabbi Greg, Family, Friends and Members of the Congregation. Today is a very special day in my life and it will certainly be a day to...


Raiden Shapiro - Bar Mitzvah Mitzvah
For my Mitzvah I went to DARG which is an organisation where they give stray dogs and cats a home. While I was at DARG I helped make...


Dvar Torah - Ariella and Atarah Katzeff
It is a huge coincidence that we received the portion that we have for our bat mitzvah. It is called Toldot, the story of Jacob and...


Zoe Ashberg - Dvar Torah
My parsha, Toldot, comes from the book of Genesis, which means generation or history. In this weeks Torah portion, Isaac and Rebecca are...


My Mitzvah Project - Zoe Ashberg
For my mitzvah project, I volunteered my time with my local vet on an outreach to Blikkesdorp. On alternating Sundays, we would go to...


Matthew Stein - Dvar Torah
My torah parsha is on Noach. He was told by God that since the world is filled with wrongdoing people there was going to be a flood...


Matthew Stein's Mitzvah Project
For my barmitzvah project I decided to help out animals, like Noah did, at Fallen Angels. Fallen angels, is an animal shelter, for dogs...


Amy Sandler’s Bat Mitzvah mitzvah project
I went to Fallen Angels for my mitzvah project. Fallen Angels is an animal shelter for dogs where people can volunteer to walk the dogs...


Talah James - My Dvar Torah
My Torah portion is called Ki Tavo, it is when the Israelites entered the land of Israel and Moses wasn’t allowed to enter. During the...


Dylan Bourne - My Dvar Torah
My parasha or Torah portion for today is called “Shoftim”, from the Book of Deuteronomy, the fifth and final book in the Torah. “Shoftim”...


Noah Gonsenhauser - My Dvar Torah
My Torah portion is called Vaetchanan, which is from the 5th book of the Torah – call Deuteronomy. The Rabbi told me that I am very lucky...


Jemma Sage - Mitzvah Project
For my Mitzvah Project, I decided to visit Maitland Cottage Home in Claremont, an orthopedic hospital for children that cannot be treated...


Noah Gonsenhauser - Random Acts of Kindness
I really struggled to find a good idea for my Bar Mitzvah mitzvah. My parents did not like the idea of me raising money and I did not...


Luca Biccari - Mitzvah Project
I met Siphelele at Beautiful Gate and found out about his aftercare project that he began in a garage in Phillipi when he was in Grade...
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