Being Jewish and a teenager comes with it's ups and downs. When I was 12 years old, it was time to start leaning my Torah portion for my Bat Mitzvah. Although that doesn't seem like much, it's a completely different language, a whole new alphabet to learn. Luckily, I had been going to Hebrew school every Sunday and Wednesday's when I was coming up to my bat mitzvah. Once I picked out my date and read over my portion in english, I really like it. It talked a lot about the Eternal Lamp, what priests wore, and how the temples were built back in the day. It really interested me, but the worst was having to sing it in front of all my family, friends, and the whole congregation. I was able to learn it in a six week period with a tutor everyday after school. Three years later, I'm again having to learn it again.
This coming up Saturday, I will be reading the first three verses in the portion T'tzaveh or Exodus. I'm really excited about it, yet really nervous because I don't to mess up. It's such a huge responsibility and honor to even be able to read out of the Torah. Having to relearn it will be very difficult yet bringing back memories from when I had an awesome and hilarious tutor to teach me three years ago, and I'm hoping he will be there.
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