Matan鈥檚 Bar Mitzvah was held on the 13th听and 14th听of January and he led all the davening from the front of Dianella Shule on the Friday night. He said it was a bit difficult and he felt a bit nervous, but it was okay once he got going and realised that he did know what he was doing.

Lots of family members were able to enjoy the occasion with Matan 鈥� his cousins flew over from Melbourne and Sydney and although the relatives in South Africa and America couldn鈥檛 make it, his mum being a brilliant photographer meant that there were lots of decent photographs for them to share.

On the Saturday, Matan read from Shemot, a Parasha which describes the Israelites鈥� enslavement in Egypt. It also includes Moses being born, placed in a basket on the Nile and then being adopted into Pharaoh鈥檚 household. Matan鈥檚听celebrations included a Friday night dinner,听Kiddish at Shule, a Shabbat lunch and instead of having a Bar听Mitzvah party, his family did a road trip down South in WA听for 2 weeks. Matan鈥檚 favourite听parts were deep sea听fishing and 4WD's on the beaches.

Matan explained that now he is Bar Mitzvah, he counts as a man at Shule and can form part of a minyan. Although there aren鈥檛 really many practical differences at home or school and his brothers treat him no differently, he does feel as though spiritually he has a bigger purpose than he did before. His life now has a bigger meaning.

We chatted about Matan鈥檚 hobbies and I found out that he does parkour as a sport 鈥� at Motion Academy in Balcatta. He enjoys cars in general and follows F1. When he has the chance of his own car, his dream car would be a BMW M4. Given that his best school subjects are Maths and maybe sport and science, the BMW may be a feasible goal one day! For Matan, the best bits about 国标麻豆视频APP are the teachers and seeing his friends. We always like to hear that sort of comment.

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