The Value of Bar Mitzvah Essay -- Bar Mitzvah Speech

This is a Torah portion that I odour represented my values as a whole. The portion is a place of the Parsha Ha-Shavuah which centers on the story of Sarah (Abrahams wife) having a baby at a real centenarian age, and the details around that. Included in the part that Im reading, theres emphasis that you should be gener everyy hospitable towards others, and that families dont always follow Traditional patterns. Now, let me explain my values and how they die into that ParshaHumor- Humor is important to me because it helps me keep a fresh, clear outlook on life and just broadly speaking brightens someones day- or my day- in general. Also theres that old stereotype that Jews have so much to joke about they force outt stop. So why not just keep making jokes about everything? It surely helped us get through some of the hardships that our ancestors had, and in my experience, humor can move over any situation better.Family- To me, family is the equal things as Community other val ue that plays at least a sm on the whole part in my life. Community is family and Family is Community. I think of the Duke Lemur Center as a fellowship of people who all love doing the same thing, but at the same time I like to think of it as a family as well. Theres also the more traditional sense of family that we all know about. Moms, Dads, Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, and other extended family members. Loyalty- I chose loyalty for a some reasons, but mostly the first thing I thought when I saw this was Wouldnt it be ironic to choose Loyalty as a value, but then not stay loyal to your values and excerption of values? The whole thing about loyalty- to people and things Is keeping the doctrine or whatever faith you had in that thing or mortal and sticking to ... ...ence, and the editorial work my Dad helped me do on this (and well-nigh everything I write today), because boy do I need it Id also like to thank My Uncle for the hard work hes put into leading the whole thing, and be a generally awesome uncle. Lastly, Id like to fully thank ira for all the hard work he put into helping me make this whole process manageable. Arranging the meetings, giving me guidance and nudges towards the right direction, and being the guy who I can ask questions of and get a corking answer from. So, Ira, thank you so much Obviously I am very grateful, and I hope we can continue to get to know each other even when this is done.What this experience has meant to me/done for me...why it was worth all the effort I put into it.Works CitedMarx, Harpo. 1961. Harpo speaks New York B. Geis Associates distributed by Random House.