{"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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_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"],"_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}]}}