Personal+Prayers+2010-11

**A Prayer of Thanks**
 * Shmuel H.**

Thank you That’s all I must say For all the blessing you send my way For my family loving and caring And for my friends friendly and sharing For all of my possessions new and old And for the times I had with them, valuable as gold For the opportunities I’ve had to pray for you And for being able to listen to everything you want me to do For the house you blessed me with a place to have nosh And for my school and a Beit Midrash For all the animals, and some pets And for the money to have them healed at the vet For technology and modern medicine And for the doctors who don’t let the sickness win For the environment so green and beautiful And for the rain that makes plants grow to be full For all the food and all the drinks And for the water that comes out of my sink Thank you for all the things mentioned above Know that from what I want to thank you for this is only some ברוך אתה ה. הטוב שמך ולך נאה להודות Blessed are you Hashem The Good One is your name, and to you it is right to give thanks.  ** My Personal Prayer ** By Dan C. I pray for my life to stay good For everyone who I care about to be healthy I pray for success, as a student, a friend, a sibling, a son, and as an individual I hope for the Eagles and the rest of my favorite sports teams to win Especially now after Yom Kippur I pray for a good year A year filled with happiness I hope for the people important to me to succeed For Israel to stay safe, and for my family to only get better. I hope for anti-Semitism to stop and for problems for the Jewish people to be resolved For conflicts to end around the world and for people to treat each other better. I hope for wars to end and for peace to come For threats to be gone and for nobody to feel endangered Above all I hope for my prayers to be heard For God to listen and answer my prayers I hope for my words and thoughts to be more than just words and thoughts. I hope for God to change things for the better

**My Personal Prayer** Tali R. When I pray I feel God is truly real. I hold the prayer book And at the bimah I look. When I pray I see All that is there for me. I look up to the sky And know I can always try. When I pray I taste My words are graced. I savor the song I know this is where I belong. When I pray I hear Everyone cheer. The sound is fun I don’t want it to be done. When I pray I smell All that is going well. I sniff away And know I love to pray!

**My Personal Prayer** Talia P. My Yom Kippur fast was difficult, But I must as a Jewish adult. While I managed with my hunger, I looked upon the kids much younger. They didn’t fully understand the meaning of this day, As they sat on the floor, to talk and play. The children heard a “fishy” tale, The Rabbi called it “Jonah and the Whale. They heard of Jonah’s fight with God, He did not want to go abroad. They did not make sense of the story, And that our fasting is mandatory. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The past 10 days we repented for, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The mistakes we made – they are no more <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We are not fasting just because, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Everyone discards their flaws. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I learned a lot this Yom Kippur, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I feel I’ve acted quite mature. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">And on this day in one short year, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I will be grinning ear to ear <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Because I now understand <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Why this day is just so grand.

✽ **Self Spirituality Poem** ✽   Chana Leeba (Jenna) O.    Mainly Conservative,   Trying to believe,   That there is a greater figure   Who looks down on you and me. Standing alone  Breathing in the Jerusalem air,   And wondering how   Anyone could be prepared. For the deaths and the births,  And the wonders of the world   Of all the young and independent,   Little Jewish boys and girls. We sit alone to think  About many things, The beauty and bad   Around us   Yet also about the flowers and the trees. Yes we think of  Everything in our lives   And then we come   to the thought of a G-d   one who is almighty   and powerful,   but what happens   when we start to wonder   what that G-d,   with his might and strength,   will do…   For us.


 * <span style="font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Prayer Poem **

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Health in my family. I pray for it as much as a pirate prays to find treasure. It is one thing that keeps family fun going. Friendship is something I love. Life would be empty without friends. I can only guess what it would feel like. It would be like being in a room with everything you could ever want and no one to talk to about it or share it with. My future is very important to me. I know that education will help make it great. Education is like medicine. It looks and tastes bad but in the end it makes you feel better so you can keep moving forward. That is exactly what school and education is like because after every school year when you finally have swallowed that medicine you come away smarter and brighter than before. Religion and the safety of Israel is as important to me as water is to a fish. I love Israel as much as a monkey loves bananas. Fun is something that fuels me. There is one place where that happens every day. Camp. Camp is the one place that I want to go to every day to see camp friends. The memories and the experiences there and the fun is enough to get me through the year until I return to re-fuel. Another thing I pray for is the safety of my home. It is something I hope for every day. It is like a rabbit to its burrow. The burrow keeps the rabbit safe. I hope for safety every day.

**My Personal Prayer**  F. ראובן Caring is a wonderful thing  Caring is for somebody you love or somebody you hate   I care about my family and my friends   My family cares for me every day and every night   They cheer for me at my soccer, baseball, and basketball games   My family is my mother, my father, and my sister   They love and care for me as long as I do the same   Family is family caring or not but they will always do so no matter what   I hope   My friends are just like family; they care about me but not in the same way of course   they are always there for me   they look out for me on or off the sports fields and in or out of class   Friends I can’t even count do all the things   We care for one another; if one gets in trouble we usually all get in trouble   If one gets beaten up, well, we all get beaten up (not really)   Friends share stupid secrets that no one really cares about   They watch all the sports, mainly the BIG Hits in the NFL   Then compare them to the biggest comebacks by the Phils   Friends will always be caring friends who care for everyone   As long as they all care for me I will care for them too

** My personal prayer **  ** Rivkah T. **   ** Becca T ** What I hope for, what I dream for, what I pray for Hoping for a phone call sometime soon Dreaming about a place where happiness is   About going there and staying there   Praying to see my family healthy   And remaining that way   Yearning for my time of confinement to be a figment of the past   Itching for someone close to my heart   To sign onto Facebook already   Begging to be accepted into an art filled corner   Where self expression always prevails   Remembering days of laughter, bare feet, and green grass   And wishing that the months in between me and the sun   Me and the Fridays of song, cookies, and jubilation   Would not go by so slowly   Standing in my way is a different girl   I am stopped by a border line   Prevented by years left of growth   Obstructed by the fading of time   Held back by a 30 minute car ride   But still remaining in my mind   Still dreaming about a better time   Still hoping to be in their head   Still knowing it could happen in the end  -- Melech Tzvi (Mike) L. My personal prayer is for health and serenity for all my family and me And for happiness to fill the lives of my loved ones My personal prayer is to be granted the strength and courage to handle life’s obstacles And for G-d to give me patience to deal with times when it will come in handy My personal prayer is to ask many important questions and have my questions answered And to be surrounded by love and friendship My personal prayer is happiness for my family, all my peers, and myself It is to find joy in helping the poor and less fortunate And to learn from my mistakes My personal prayer is to improve my character based on my mistakes And to enrich my life with Judaism and T’fillah My personal prayer is to enrich my life with travel and culture To make new friends To discover new places To find my place in life And to help the sick heal emotionally and physically My personal prayer is to get to know everyone in my life better than in previous years My personal prayer <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- by Shmuel (Sam) C. My Mom helps me with everything My Dad calms down my Mom when she gets mad at me My older Sister is like a role model to me  My friends always have my back My dogs keep me company when I am lonely Conscience keeps us on the right path G-d is the reason we are all here No starvation is something we all hope for No poverty will definitely help the economy No cruelty would make the world safer No terrorism would get us out of Afghanistan No homework that is what we all wish for TV is the way to find out what is happening in the world Facebook, a great place to socialize Food gives us nutrition to start our day Water keeps us hydrated Cell phones, the way to text your friends
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 * My Poem **

by David (Danny) N.
 * My personal prayer**

Every year I try to fast but I barely ever make it last This year was different, I made it through And this is how it felt spiritually to me, not you Fasting was my time to look back at my wrongs while sitting in Synagogue listening to songs when I was younger Yom Kippur only meant a day of no eating so that one could repent then I was avoiding the holiday's laws but now I understand the holiday's cause so this year I fasted without much glee but when the day was done I felt different, whop de de! fasting made me feel all fuzzy inside like I was connected to G-d, with pride now I know that fasting is not just about starving yourself a lot it lets you feel closer to someone up there, while sitting in shul with a cap on your hair.

By: Sarah G. I pray to G-d and the sky above for good health and lots of love I want my family to have a great year That single prayer I hold so dear I pray that my baby cousin will be born I know that is a prayer I will not mourn I wish my dad's surgery goes well After his surgery I hope he feels swell I want to forgive all that did bad After that I will really be glad I will think about all that I did wrong Doing that will really make me strong I will pray to G-d from the bottom of my heart I know that on that day G-d and I will not be apart I pray to do well in school Doing that is really very cool I pray for world peace Especially in the Middle East
 * Personal Prayer**

by Moshe S.
 * Personal Prayer**

I hope for peace in the world I hope for no more wars I hope for a peaceful home I hope for a long life

I care for my entire family I care for my dog and my cat (who do not get along very well) I care for my health and my life I care for Israel and the Jews

I hope to be successful in life Whether in soccer or school In class and in sports That I will be looking forward to

I care for my future My whole family's health For my sisters and brothers And my two little nieces

by Rafe H.
 * What I Pray For**

I pray for a year of snowballs snowmen and sleighs I pray for a year of seeing Shabbat sunsets I pray for a year of hangin’ with homies I pray for a year of devouring delicious doughnuts I pray for a year of Sunday siestas after a snack I pray for a year of white winter wonderlands I pray for a year of feasts with friends and family I pray for a year of getting good grades I pray for a year of bouncing basketballs with my brother I pray for a year of trying to be treasurer (of MSC) I pray for a year of traveling to the theater I pray for a year of Sunday night sports I pray for a year of playing pastimes with peers I pray for a year of ping-pong with pals I pray for a year of playing with our pouncing pet I pray for a year of practicing playing piano I pray for a year of sleeping past sunup I pray for a year of plain pizza from a pizzeria I pray for a year of celebrating several smachim I pray for a year of learning lots of lineage But most of all I pray for A GOOD YEAR IN JST

by Daniel H.
 * My Personal Prayer**

Many things have happened this past holiday, I went into the service and did not play. While most kids were snoring, I was to busy restoring. They felt like they barely survived. Yet I felt that I was revived. This year, when I decided to fast, Not fasting seemed like a thing of the past. We learned about Jonah’s story, And how Nineveh was saved from G-D’s fury. After this Yom Kippur, I feel I opened a new door. Now this year I will change my point of view, About every Christian, and every Jew. I will not be mean, I will not be cruel, And I will listen a lot in school. I will do the best I can, And, be a smart young man. This is what I hope will occur, In my life and near future.

Eva’s Personal Prayer Poem I will be kind to my siblings And won’t pick fights I will listen to my parents And won’t talk back I will be friendly to all And not act mean I will respect my teachers And not ignore them I will be a better student And I won’t slack off I will read more books And not watch TV as much I will go to shul And not give my parents trouble I will do my chores And not leave the kitchen a mess I will be a better person And always give my best