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BMitzvah Blog
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...
Samuel Castle - Dvar Torah
My Torah portion is about the journey of the Jews led by Moses out of Egypt through the desert to the promised land. Along the way they...
Maya Reitstein - Dvar Torah
My Torah portion is called Shlach l’cha from the fourth book of the Torah, Numbers or B’midbar in Hebrew. It starts with the story of...
Jackie Maris - Dvar Torah
Shabbat Shalom, everyone I am going to be completely honest with you: I tend to struggle with parashot in Leviticus. There is a lot about...
Taro Tomitsuka- Dvar Torah
In today’s portion, Behaalotecha, we find the people of Israel on the way to the Promised Land after leaving Egypt. But by this time...
Taro Tomitsuka- Bar Mitzvah Mitzvah
The charity I chose was DARG animal rescue in Hout Bay. The reason I wanted to help them is because we have had three cats from DARG....
Nathan Amato- Dvar Torah
Good morning everyone and Shabbat shalom and thank you for joining me in celebrating my bar mitzvah. The name of my torah portion is...
Jessica Hawker - Dvar Torah
Parsha B’Har May 9th 2015 In my Parsha, God gives Moses the laws of the Sabbatical year – called a shmita – where every seventh year, all...
Balu Nivison - Dvar Torah
K’doshim – Holiness K’doshim comes from Vayikra commonly known as Leviticus. Vayikra is the 3rd book of the Torah – so it’s the middle...
Zen Lasker - Mitzvah Project
My bar mitzvah mitzvah is called hope for heroism or achim lachaim(brothers for life) this is a non profitable organization created and...
Aliyah Joseph - Mitzvah Project
For my Mitzvah project I decided to spend it at “Sunny Skies” Day and After Care centre. It is run by a woman called Charmaine I go there...
Thomas and Alexander Ackerman - Dvar Torah
Alex Our torah portion – Shemini- relates to us as it is on the eighth day of the inauguration of the tabernacle and our birthday is on...
Avi Moodley- My Mitzvah Project
For my Mitzvah Project I decided to spend my time at a place called “Miracle Kids” in Constantia.“Miracle Kids’ is a safe house for...
Milla Terespolsky - Dvar Torah
My portion is Trumah, which directly translated means "gift". It is very fitting that this portion falls the week of my bat mitzvah, as...
Milla Terespolsky - My Bat Mitzvah Mitzvah
I spent a day with the patients of Maitland Cottage Home in Rondebosch. Maitland Cottage Home is a paediatric orthopaedic hospital that...
Erin Rose Barenblatt - My Bat Mitzvah Mitzvah
I participated in a project called “One to One” in which various schools set up stands with games and prizes for children with...
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