Our favorite thing about being Jewish is the culture. More specifically, the holidays. They are always so fun and feel so unique. For us, getting B’nai Mitzvah’ed means to take on more responsibility and to take that next step in life and in Judaism. A good example of this would be fasting on Yom Kippur. And when I (Brynn) prepared for my Bar Mitzvah, I learned that I have a lot more confidence than I thought and that I got more comfortable with the process as the date approached. I was still nervous, but not as nervous as I thought I’d be. Something I (Wyatt) learned is that I exaggerate a lot and that I don’t think I am ready enough or just can’t do it. But, in reality, I can.
Our mitzvah project was to do a “Kindness a day”. It was a calendar that gave us a kind thing to do each day. We chose it because this one gave us variety and really made us think about what we were doing every day. It was a lot of fun to do something different each day, and it was challenging too. What we took away from this project was that kindness comes in many ways. Both to you and others. Some of the tasks were to be kind with your words, others were about self-care, and all had the same message: Kindness.
A few ways we plan to keep on living with Judaism are to Madrichim at Sunday school, or tutor for others Bar Mitzvahs when we come of age. We could also continue to do Sheva, and next year- Hebrew High! We could possibly go to some of the Jewish sleep-away-camps too. Yet no matter what, we will always be Jewish, and always express that.
