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Some people say Doniel went toShushan. Knowing how clever hewas, he probably went to Jerusa-lem and to Shushan. What a re-markable young man Doniel was:

so bright and spirited, so good atfiguring things out, so loyal to hisfamily and friends, so devoted toprayer and good deeds, and aboveall so filled with faith in his G-d.

The End.

A New Version of the Biblical tale of

DonielDoniel

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Forward

This story book is dedicatedto, who else,my grandson

Doniel Chaim KilimnickOn the occasion of his bar mitzvah.

Doni, it seems like only yesterday

that I celebrated my bar mitzvahin Beth Israel Center in Madison, Wisconsin,under Rabbi Max Lipshitz.

Your mother celebrated her bat mitzvahin the Riverdale Jewish Center under Rabbi Avner Weiss.

And now you will be celebrating this rite of passagein Congregation Beth Sholom in Rochester, NY,

under your Zaydie Rabbi Shaya Kilimnick.

As you chart your course through life,remember to be guided by our rich tradition.Follow the example of your namesake Doniel

and let your faith in G-d be your GPSthrough good times and bad.

Make the study of sacred texts your lifelong pursuit.You will be amazed and delighted by what you find in them(you may even spot your siblings in this version of Doniel).

Im sure you will also come to enjoy and appreciate the rich s torehouse ofsecular knowledge which can also enrich your life.

I will leave you with some lines from an English poetwhom our own Rabbi Jonathan Rosenblatt likes to recite on these occa-sions. They were written by Rudyard Kipling, and they are a b eautiful ex-pression of everything we hope you take away from your bar mitzvah and

from this little storybook which I have prepared for you:

If you can dream and not make dreams your master;If you can think and not make thoughts your aim,

If you can meet with Triumph and DisasterAnd treat those two impostors just the same:

If you can fill the unforgiving minuteWith sixty seconds' worth of distance run,

Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!

Grandpa Val KaranFebruary 2010

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Doniel is described as living in Yankalonia during the entirereign of Steinbrenezzar, and heassisted 5 succeeding kings. Ashe correctly predicted, Yankalo-nia was conquered by otherKingdoms, some of whom al-lowed the Jews to return totheir own land. Some peoplesay Doniel made a pilgrimage to

Jerusalem.

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Besides interpreting the dreamsof other people, there were alsospecial dreams that G-d sent toDoniel to tell him what wouldhappen in the future. Some

things that Doniel saw in hisdreams have now happened.Other things that G-d told Donielin his dreams have not happened yet. But G-d is in control of thefuture. Doniel had faith that G-d

will do what He has promised.3

This is Doniel.He is an Israel-ite boy. Helives peacefully

with his familyand friends.

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Doniel lived in the time ofKing Steinbrenezzar. Thismean king conquered allthe other Major League

Empires, gloated over his victory, and he put Doniel,his family and his friends inexile. They were sent to livein Yankalonia.

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Hankazzar once made a greatfeast. Then a hand appearedand wrote upon the wall astrange phrase. Not one of his

magicians could figure outthose words. Only Donielknew that the words were amessage from the L-rd thatthe time of the Kingdom of

Yankalonia had ended.

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Steinbrenezzar was succededby his son Hankazzar. I haveheard of you, Hankazzar toldDoniel, that you can give in-

terpretations and explainenigmas. He offered to makeDoniel a ruler in the kingdomif he would read the writingand make known to him its

interpretation.5

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Doniel remembered the beautiful fields ofQueens, now in ruins,

where his team onceruled supreme.

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King Steinbrenezzar sawthat Doniel and his friends

were fast learners. He gave

them nicknames like Mor-ris, Joey, Eli and Aryeh. Hetook a liking to them andhad plans for them.

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But everyone wascheering the nextday when Doniel was safe among

the Lions. G-dprotected Doniel,and the Lions did-nt hurt Doniel atall; they even

liked him.

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The King was sad when theguard told him that Donielhad been caught praying to

the One True G-d.

He had no choice but to or-der Doniel to be thrown tothe Lions!

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Doniel and his friends andfamily were treated well. They

were taught the Kings lan-guage and writings so that

they could better serve KingSteinbrenezzar. But Donielkept kosher and was careful tonot defile himself with theroyal food and drink. So he ate

pasta, pasta, and more pasta.

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Doniel never forgot whohe was and where his loy-alties belonged. He was agreat dreamer and inter-

preter of dreams, Hehoped some day hisTeam would find theWright way to return tothe top.

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So the King freed Donielsfriends. But there were trou- blemakers who wanted to getDoniel in trouble. There was alaw that forbid anyone to prayto anyone but King Stein- brenazzar. But Doniel said,No way, I pray to the OneTrue G-d.

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Doniels three friends didnot bow down, so they werethrown in with the Flames.Look, said Doniel. My

friends are not hurt! KingSteinbrenezzar saw them

walking among the Flamesand he praised the G-d ofDoniel and the Israelites.

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One night King Steinbrenez-zar had a bad nightmare. Hismind was troubled and hecould not sleep. He called his

wise men and demandedthat they tell him what thedream was and what itmeant or he would punishthem very badly.

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Wait, Doniel told theKing, I can figure out thedream. First he consulted

his favorite book. Then G-dcame to Doniel in a night

vision and explained thedream. Doniel then told theKing who said, By George,

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But later on King Steinbre-nezzar turned meanieagain. He took an image ofgold and put it in a publicplace. He warned that who-ever did not bow down and

worship this image wouldbe immediately thrown intoa blazing furnace!