Y is for Yoni this ABC Wednesday.Yonatan, also known as Jonathan, is a dear relative who became a bar mitsvah on December 24.
Here he is trying on his beautiful new tallit (prayer shawl).
Rabbi Konstantyn of the Tel Aviv International Synagogue Congregation Beth El made us promise not to take pictures during the bar mitsvah ceremony because it was to be on the Sabbath day.So we, just a few family members, went to the empty synagogue on the Thursday before, when photography IS permitted, and I asked Yoni to pretend he was reading from the Torah scroll.
He did well (but couldn't hold back a smile).
He is pretending to hold the yad, the silver pointer used to keep one's place when chanting the Torah portion.
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Mazal tov, Yoni!
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Nice portraits with an amusing story... It happens quite often for wedding and other ceremonies!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Yoni! Hard work pays off.
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ReplyDeleteMazol Tov to Yoni too.
ReplyDeleteOops, I spelled it wrong. Mazal tov!!
ReplyDeleteMazal tov, Yoni! Fun to see him in this special, important ceremony! Bravo!
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mazel tov, indeed!
ReplyDeleteROG, ABC Wednesday team
yad or yod, matters not;
ReplyDeleteA beautiful young man starting out in life. All the best to him! L'chaim!
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Is he not also wearing a Yarmulke?
ReplyDeleteYou all must feel so proud to witness this important ceremony.
Thanks, friends.
ReplyDeleteOakland DP, oh yes, you're right! Thanks. I forgot that one. I guess because modern Jews call it by the Hebrew name, kippah, and not so much by the old Yiddish work yarmulke.
He looks like a very proud young man. Mazal tov to Yoni and to all of your family!
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Indeed, Mazal Tov Yoni! Wishing you an excellent life!
ReplyDeleteMazal tov, have a good and full life.
ReplyDeleteVery nice pictures and grats to Yoni!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, Dina! Remember when the girls were taking violin lessons and you told me that Yonatan was the Hebrew song for the melody Lightly Row. My Jonathan thought that was so cool.
ReplyDeleteYoni looks proud!
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