My name is Gabriel Cellarius and my Bar Mitzvah is on October 21, 2017, with Congregation Shir Libeynu. I am a grade 8 student at Winona Drive Sr. Public School.

I enjoy science, especially biology, and writing. I swim for Toronto Swim Club, and the school swim team, and also play baseball in a spring league. In the summers, I go to my cottage and camp.  We just returned from a trip to Vancouver Island (where my dad is from), and I was thrilled to be able to explore the Pacific tidal pools with my three siblings for hours a day.  With my friends, I love to skate and play basketball.  I also like to act and draw.

The B'nei Mitzvah class was fun and interesting. I learned a lot from Rabbi Goldberg, and particularly enjoyed the historic walking tour of Jewish Kensington Market.  My shift on the van with Ve'ahavta, delivering food to homeless people, left a lasting impression on me, and I hope to volunteer again.