Becoming Bar Mitzvah is a special moment in my life. It represents all the hard work paying off. Sheva also helped me prepare. I learned more about the history of Judaism and how it is relevant. Since I am becoming a Jewish adult, I have to help pass Judaism down to younger kids. What I want to do is pass down Jewish melodies by playing in the band and also by tutoring. Being Jewish means that I can be different from other people. We can go to the same school and get the same material, but with my experiences, I will learn and understand it differently.

My Mitzvah Project includes two things. In the first, I taught dance to young kids and people with Down syndrome. In the second part, I will go help out, and hopefully dance, at Oasis, the Senior Center at the JCC. I chose this is because I have a passion for dance that I would like to share. I also like to help people out. I get satisfaction in sharing my passion for dance, and the good feeling of being kind and helping people in need. In doing these projects I fulfilled the commandments, the mitzvot, of, helping the elderly, removing a stumbling block from before the blind, and teaching.

Evan is the son of Irina and Oleg Biller, and he is brother of Valerie Feygel. His grandparents are: Rosa Biller, of Brooklyn, New York, and Faina Ryabina and Boris Ryabin of Boca Raton, Florida. Faina and Boris were born in Donetsk, Ukraine, and Rosa was born in Zelenopol, Ukraine.
Please send e-mails of Mazal tov to: evanito13@outlook.com