{"id":19533,"date":"2023-11-14T08:02:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T13:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/?p=19533"},"modified":"2023-11-14T08:02:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T13:02:59","slug":"lewis-merrills-bnei-mitzvah-october-12-2023-beth-sholom-cedarvale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/blog\/2023\/11\/14\/lewis-merrills-bnei-mitzvah-october-12-2023-beth-sholom-cedarvale\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis &#038; Merrill&#8217;s B&#8217;nei Mitzvah: October 12, 2023 (Beth Sholom \/ Cedarvale)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #993366;\">Lewis &amp; Merrill&#8217;s B&#8217;nei Mitzvah: October 12, 2023\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Occasionally I get to photograph a friend of one of my kids, and this was one of those morning.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I knew these boys, and it was fun to see them in a different environment, vis-a-vis, at synagogue, not hanging out in my house.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Lewis and Merrill were both good to go for photos this mitzvah morning.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>We met outside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bethsholom.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #993366;\"><strong>Beth Sholom<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, and while traffic whirled around us, we embraced the morning turmoil and took some beautiful photos.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Both kids were great, but family photos would have to wait, ceremony was calling.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>We headed inside where the extended everyone were all gathered and ready to go.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bethsholom.net\/about-rabbi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #993366;\"><strong>Rabbi Aaron Flanzraich<\/strong><\/span><\/a> was on deck to lead the service, and he did with the usual charisma and grace.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>We wrapped up the ceremony and headed to a delicious breakfast downstairs where hora and speeches were the order of the day.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Family photos followed at the end of the day before we headed to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cedarvale_Park_(Toronto)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #993366;\"><strong>Cedarvale Park<\/strong><\/span><\/a> to wrap the day.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Guys, way to go.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Mazel Tov.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>The Story of the B&#8217;nei Mitzvah: Selected Photos <a href=\"https:\/\/jonnisuper.zenfolio.com\/p733077445\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #993366; text-decoration: underline;\">HERE<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>All the Photos:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jonnisuper.zenfolio.com\/f774558326\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #993366;\">HERE<\/span><\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022Clothing (Mitzvah): <span style=\"color: #993366;\">Merrill (and Nat) Original<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022Shoes (Mitzvah): <span style=\"color: #993366;\">Merrill &#8211; original<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022Clothing (Mitzvah): <span style=\"color: #993366;\">Lewis: North Boys<\/span>\u2002<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022Shoes (Mitzvah): <span style=\"color: #993366;\">Nike<\/span>\u2002<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022Clothing (Mom): <span style=\"color: #993366;\">Holt Renfrew \u2002<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022Invitations: <span style=\"color: #993366;\">Jen<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022Makeup: <span style=\"color: #993366;\">KOZETA salon<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022Hair: <span style=\"color: #993366;\">KOZETA salon<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022Decor: <span style=\"color: #993366;\">Smash Events<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022Event Planner: <span style=\"color: #993366;\">Jessica Baker<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022Photographer: <span style=\"color: #993366;\">Jonni<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022Venue: <span style=\"color: #993366;\">Beth Sholom<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022Caterer: <span style=\"color: #993366;\">F and B<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022Rabbi: <span style=\"color: #993366;\">Aaron Flanzreich<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022Cantor: <span style=\"color: #993366;\">Eric Moses<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lewis &amp; Merrill&#8217;s B&#8217;nei Mitzvah: October 12, 2023\u00a0 Occasionally I get to photograph a friend of one of my kids, and this was one of those morning.\u00a0 I knew these boys, and it was fun to see them in a different environment, vis-a-vis, at synagogue, not hanging out in my house.\u00a0 Lewis and Merrill were both good to go for photos this mitzvah morning.\u00a0 We met outside Beth Sholom, and while traffic whirled around us, we embraced the morning turmoil and took some beautiful photos.\u00a0 Both kids were great, but family photos would have to wait, ceremony was calling.\u00a0 We headed inside where the extended everyone were all gathered and ready to go.\u00a0 Rabbi Aaron Flanzraich was on deck to lead the service, and he did with the usual charisma and grace.\u00a0 We wrapped up the ceremony and headed to a delicious breakfast downstairs where hora and speeches were the order of the day.\u00a0 Family photos followed at the end of the day before we headed to Cedarvale Park to wrap the day.\u00a0 Guys, way to go.\u00a0 Mazel Tov. &nbsp; The Story of the B&#8217;nei Mitzvah: Selected Photos HERE All the Photos:\u00a0HERE &nbsp; \u2022Clothing (Mitzvah): Merrill (and Nat) Original \u2022Shoes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bar-mitzvah","category-bat-mitzvah"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19533"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19538,"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19533\/revisions\/19538"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}