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  • An Orthodox Jewish man belonging the Bobov Hasidism during Morning Prayer inside a Stamford Hill synagogue. Communal praying in a minyan (quorum) is preferred by men who wear a Tallit (prayer shawl) and a Tefillin (a box containing strips of parchment inscribed with 4 passages of the Torah) on their heads with the leather straps around their arm and hand.
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  • Orthodox Jewish men belonging the Bobov Hasidism during Morning Prayer inside a Stamford Hill synagogue. Communal praying in a minyan (quorum) is preferred by men who wear a Tallit (prayer shawl) and a Tefillin (a box containing strips of parchment inscribed with 4 passages of the Torah) on their heads with the leather straps around their arm and hand.
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  • An Orthodox Jewish man walking down Portland Avenue past a Volvo and a sign for the local polling station taped to a tree.  The polling station for the local government elections of May 2006 was in Stamford Hill library.
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  • In Stamford Hill, London, United Kingdom, on the 3rd birthday of a Orthodox Jewish boy he has his first ever hair cut leaving his peyos (sideburns) to grow. His Grandfather then places a kippah on his head for the first ever time. A kippah is said to be 'A blessing on the head' and is perhaps the most instantly identifiable mark of a Jew. He will now begin to learn the Torah.
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  • In Stamford Hill, London, United Kingdom on the 3rd birthday of a Orthodox Jewish boy he has his first ever hair cut leaving his peyos (sideburns) to grow. Here his father carefully shaves his head watched closely by his family. He will now begin to learn the Torah.
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  • In Stamford Hill, London, United Kingdom on the 3rd birthday of a Orthodox Jewish boy he has his first ever hair cut leaving his peyos (sideburns) to grow. Here his Grandfather cuts the main part of his hair away watched closely by the boy, his father and family. He will now begin to learn the Torah.
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  • Mr Rudzinski, a holocaust survivor living in Stamford Hill who is very open about what life was like when he was captured by the Nazi's as a young boy in Germany.
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  • In Stamford Hill, London, United Kingdom on the 3rd birthday of a Orthodox Jewish boy he has his first ever hair cut leaving his peyos (sideburns) to grow. Here his father carefully shaves his head watched closely by his extended family. He will now begin to learn the Torah.
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  • An orthodox Jewish family walk on the pavement of a busy road in Stamford Hill, London, England, United Kingdom.  Stamford Hill area is home to one of the largest populations of Orthodox Jewish people.   (photo by Andrew Aitchison / In pictures via Getty Images)
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  • An Orthodox Jewish man in traditional clothes looks through a vandalised and smashed window in a bus shelter on the A20 Road in Stamford Hill, London, England.
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  • Women and children struggle to get vouchers for free kosher ice cream, the only kosher ice cream van in the UK visiting a community event in Allen Gardens, Stamford Hill to celebrate Lag B'Omer. Lag B'Omer is the holiday celebrating the thirty-third day of the (counting of the) Omer. Jews celebrate it as the day when the plague that killed 24,000 people ended in the holy land (according to the Babylonian Talmud). Other sources say the plague was actually the Roman occupation and the 24,000 people died in the second Jewish - Roman war  (Bar Kokhba revolt of the first century).  Bonfires (used as signals in wartime) are symbolically lit to commemorate the holiday of Lag'B'Omer.
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  • Glastonbury Tor, the ruins of St Michaels tower that sits on top of the hill in Glastonbury, Somerset. <br />
A prominent hill overlooking the Isle of Avalon, Glastonbury and the Somerset Levels. It has been a site of religious significance for over 1000 years and is considered one of the most spiritual sites in the United Kingdom, especially for Pagans. (photo by Andrew Aitchison / In pictures via Getty Images)
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  • Children climbing to Glastonbury Tor, the ruins of St Michaels tower that sits on top of the hill in Glastonbury, Somerset. <br />
A prominent hill overlooking the Isle of Avalon, Glastonbury and the Somerset Levels. It has been a site of religious significance for over 1000 years and is considered one of the most spiritual sites in the United Kingdom, especially for Pagans. (photo by Andrew Aitchison / In pictures via Getty Images)
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  • Children climbing to Glastonbury Tor, the ruins of St Michaels tower that sits on top of the hill in Glastonbury, Somerset. <br />
A prominent hill overlooking the Isle of Avalon, Glastonbury and the Somerset Levels. It has been a site of religious significance for over 1000 years and is considered one of the most spiritual sites in the United Kingdom, especially for Pagans. (photo by Andrew Aitchison / In pictures via Getty Images)
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  • Families use the concrete paths, climbing to Glastonbury Tor, the ruins of St Michaels tower that sits on top of the hill in Glastonbury, Somerset. <br />
A prominent hill overlooking the Isle of Avalon, Glastonbury and the Somerset Levels. It has been a site of religious significance for over 1000 years and is considered one of the most spiritual sites in the United Kingdom, especially for Pagans. (photo by Andrew Aitchison / In pictures via Getty Images)
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  • Glastonbury Tor, the ruins of St Michaels tower that sits on top of the hill in Glastonbury, Somerset. <br />
A prominent hill overlooking the Isle of Avalon, Glastonbury and the Somerset Levels. It has been a site of religious significance for over 1000 years and is considered one of the most spiritual sites in the United Kingdom, especially for Pagans. (photo by Andrew Aitchison / In pictures via Getty Images)
    16-GlastonburyTor-7156.dng
  • Glastonbury Tor, the ruins of St Michaels tower that sits on top of the hill in Glastonbury, Somerset. <br />
A prominent hill overlooking the Isle of Avalon, Glastonbury and the Somerset Levels. It has been a site of religious significance for over 1000 years and is considered one of the most spiritual sites in the United Kingdom, especially for Pagans. (photo by Andrew Aitchison / In pictures via Getty Images)
    16-GlastonburyTor-7140.dng
  • Glastonbury Tor, the ruins of St Michaels tower that sits on top of the hill in Glastonbury, Somerset. <br />
A prominent hill overlooking the Isle of Avalon, Glastonbury and the Somerset Levels. It has been a site of religious significance for over 1000 years and is considered one of the most spiritual sites in the United Kingdom, especially for Pagans. (photo by Andrew Aitchison / In pictures via Getty Images)
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  • Glastonbury Tor, the ruins of St Michaels tower that sits on top of the hill in Glastonbury, Somerset. <br />
A prominent hill overlooking the Isle of Avalon, Glastonbury and the Somerset Levels. It has been a site of religious significance for over 1000 years and is considered one of the most spiritual sites in the United Kingdom, especially for Pagans. (photo by Andrew Aitchison / In pictures via Getty Images)
    16-GlastonburyTor-7173.dng
  • Glastonbury Tor, the ruins of St Michaels tower that sits on top of the hill in Glastonbury, Somerset. <br />
A prominent hill overlooking the Isle of Avalon, Glastonbury and the Somerset Levels. It has been a site of religious significance for over 1000 years and is considered one of the most spiritual sites in the United Kingdom, especially for Pagans. (photo by Andrew Aitchison / In pictures via Getty Images)
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  • A view fron the top of Glastonbury Tor, the ruins of St Michaels tower that sits on top of the hill in Glastonbury, Somerset. <br />
A prominent hill overlooking the Isle of Avalon, Glastonbury and the Somerset Levels. It has been a site of religious significance for over 1000 years and is considered one of the most spiritual sites in the United Kingdom, especially for Pagans. (photo by Andrew Aitchison / In pictures via Getty Images)
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  • Big blue sky with fluffy white cirrus clouds above a steep inclining field on a hill farm Carreg Cennen Castle, Trapp, Brecon Beacons, Powys, UK.  (photo by Andrew Aitchison / In pictures via Getty Images)
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  • Big blue sky with wispy white cirrus clouds above a steep inclining field on a hill farm Carreg Cennen Castle, Trapp, Brecon Beacons, Powys, UK.  (photo by Andrew Aitchison / In pictures via Getty Images)
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  • Friends of a 13 year-old Orthodox Jewish boy who have already had their Bar Mitzvah pray without him before his begins, Stamford Hill. The Bar Mitzvah signals the coming of age for a young Jewish boy, they become responsible to observe the commandments of the Torah. It coincides with physical puberty and they begin to participate in all areas of Jewish life. A Bar mitzvah ceremony is a big occasion, the young boy reads a section from the Torah to his family and friends and a mitzvah meal is consumed.
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  • A 13 year-old Orthodox Jewish boy sits waiting for his Bar Mitzvah to begin in a Parces hall, Stamford Hill. The Bar Mitzvah signals the coming of age for a young Jewish boy, they become responsible to observe the commandments of the Torah. It coincides with physical puberty and they begin to participate in all areas of Jewish life. A Bar mitzvah ceremony is a big occasion, the young boy reads a section from the Torah to his family and friends and a mitzvah meal is consumed.
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  • Tashlikh is a Jewish practice that is performed during Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year). Men and women gather near a large body of flowing water and symbolically 'cast off' the previous year's sins by throwing pieces of bread into the water while reading a prayer (the last verses from the prophet Micah). In Stamford Hill the nearest flowing water is river Lea, Hackney, London.
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  • Orthodox Jews from Stamford Hill light candles at the tomb of Rabbi Shulem Moshkovitz, The Shotzer Rebbe who is buried in the Adath Yisroel cemetery, Enfield. Before his death in 1958 (5718 Jewish years) he promised to help everyone who attended his tomb on a Friday morning and lit 3 candles.  It is thought by people in the local community that thousands have had spiritual help after lighting candles and praying here. On Friday the 12th of January 2007 it was the anniversary of his death, hundreds of people turned up to light candles, place them on his tomb and pray.
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  • The local Tokea (Blaster) Rabbi Kahn blowing a Shofar for Rosh Hashanah to mark the start of the new year in Stamford Hill. The Shofar is usually made from a Rams horn and is one of the earliest wind instruments known to man. It is considered one of the commandments to hear a Shofar on Rosh Hashanah.
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  • A member of the Neturei Karta demonstrates how he was punched to a community police officer as they were stopped trying to burn the Israeli flag in Stamford Hill, London during the festival of Purim. The Neturiei Karta oppose Zionism and believe that Jews are forbidden to have their own state until the coming of the Messiah.
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  • During the festival of Purim a scuffle breaks out between the Neturei Karta and Zionist Jews as they try to burn the Israeli flag in Stamford Hill, London. The Neturiei Karta oppose Zionism and believe that Jews are forbidden to have their own state until the coming of the Messiah.
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  • The coffin of Rabbi Josef Dunner who died on the 1st of April 2007 is surrounded in the Adath Yisroel synagogue, Stamford Hill, London for his funeral. Rabbi Dunner was one of the last German Jewish Orthodox Rabbis ordained before the holocaust and well respected within the local community, hundreds of people attended his funeral.
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  • The Grand Rebbe of the Bobov Hasidic movement from New York Mordechai Dovid Unger (centre) attaches a mezuzah (a prayer scroll) to the main doorway of a brand new Bobov Synagogue in Lampard Grove, Stamford Hill, London.
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  • The caretaker of Gan Eden Synagogue in Stamford Hill putting away one of the elaborately decorated Torah scrolls inside the Ark of the synagogue. The ark is generally a receptacle or cupboard that contains all the synagogues torah scrolls; it is generally located on the wall considered closest to Jerusalem.
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  • When a new Sefer Torah (five books of Moses) is completed after years of work it is carried in a big community parade to synagogue. Rabbi's and leaders young and old from the Ashkenazi Nitra group take it turns to carry the decorated scrolls to their Shul on Clapton Common, Stamford Hill.  Throughout the procession a cloth roof is held over the person carrying the scrolls.
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  • When a new Sefer Torah (five books of Moses) is completed after years of work it is carried in a big community parade to synagogue. Rabbi's and leaders young and old from the Ashkenazi Nitra group take it turns to carry the decorated scrolls to their Shul on Clapton Common, Stamford Hill. Members of the community touch and kiss the scrolls as they pass.
    06-torah_4882.jpg
  • When a new Sefer Torah (five books of Moses) is completed after years of work it is carried in a big community parade to synagogue. Rabbis and leaders young and old from the Ashkenazi Nitra group take it turns to carry the decorated scrolls to their Shul on Clapton Common, Stamford Hill. Members of the community touch and kiss the scrolls as they pass.
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  • A new Sefer Torah (five books of Moses) being handwritten with a quill and ink on gevil parchment by a scribe for an Ashkenazi synagogue in Stamford Hill. A Sefer Torah contains 304,805 letters and can take over a year to produce.
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  • The silver crown that is placed on top of the Sefer Torah (five books of Moses) used to mark the scroll as sacred and holy as it's thought to be the living word of god. In the background a scribe is handwriting the last few words with a quill and ink for an Ashkenazi synagogue in Stamford Hill. A Sefer Torah contains 304,805 letters and can take over a year to produce.
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  • Young orthodox Jewish boys extinguishing their flame torches after a Sefer Torah procession with the new scroll to Kehal Chareidim Beth Hamedrash, an Ashkenazi synagogue in Stamford Hill.
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  • The view of the Rebbe as seen by woman pray in Synagogue from behind a screen called a Mechitza.  Like all Orthodox synagogues woman pray separately to men. In the Viznitz Synagogue (pictured) in Stamford Hill, London women pray from upstairs on a balcony and behind screens (Mechitza).
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  • Woman pray in Synagogue from behind a screen called a Mechitza.  Like all Orthodox synagogues woman pray separately to men. In the Viznitz Synagogue (pictured) in Stamford Hill, London women pray from upstairs on a balcony and behind screens (Mechitza).
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  • Rabbi Tzvi Elimelech Halberstam (white beard). Rebbe and current spiritual leader of the Klausenberger dynasty of Netanya, Israel arrives at the Viznitz Synagogue (their own is too small) to talk to his followers in Stamford Hill, London.
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  • Rabbi Tzvi Elimelech Halberstam (behind the microphone). Rebbe and current spiritual leader of the Klausenberger dynasty speaking to his followers at the Viznitz Synagogue (their own is too small) in Stamford Hill, London.
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  • The Orthodox Jewish festival of Tu Bishvat is celebrated as the New Year of trees with a symbolic eating of different varieties of fruit. Here in a Stamford Hill synagogue the Chassidic Skver Rebbe visiting from New York blesses the fruits in front of the entire synagogue.
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  • The Orthodox Jewish festival of Tu Bishvat is celebrated as the New Year of trees with a symbolic eating of different varieties of fruit. Here in the Skver East bank synagogue Stamford Hill the Chassidic Skver Rebbe visiting from New York blesses the fruits in front of the entire synagogue.
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  • The Orthodox Jewish festival of Tu Bishvat is celebrated as the New Year of trees with a symbolic eating of different varieties of fruit. Here in a Stamford Hill supermarket a woman purchases a selection of different fruits for her family to use in celebration.
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  • Tashlikh is a Jewish practice that is performed during Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year). Men and women gather near a large body of flowing water and symbolically 'cast off' the previous year's sins by throwing pieces of bread into the water while reading a prayer (the last verses from the prophet Micah). In Stamford Hill the nearest flowing water is river Lea, Hackney, London.
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  • Orthodox Jewish men from Old Hill Street Synagogue parade 7 times around the Bimah in the synagogue shaking the Lulav (four species, Lulav, hadass, aravah and etrog) for the festival of Sukkot, the feast of Tabernacles. Symbolically the four species are used as a prayer for rainfall and waved north, south, east, west, up and down 3 times. The holiday of Sukkot commemorates the forty-year period during which the children of Israel were wandering in the desert.
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  • Rabbi Herschel Gluck of Walford Road synagogue, Stamford Hill, London.  He is a key figure in the local Hasidic Jewish community and chairman of the Muslim - Jewish forum.
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  • An Orthodox Jewish boy climbing on a fence in front of a block of flats with open windows in Reizel close an Agudas Israel Housing Association development for low-income Orthodox Jewish families in Stamford Hill, London.
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  • Elderly residents having discussions over lunch in Schonfeld square conservatory. Schonfeld square is an Orthodox Jewish (Kosher) old peoples care home run by Agudas Israel Housing Association in Stamford Hill, London.
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  • Elderly residents having discussions over lunch in Schonfeld square, an Orthodox Jewish (Kosher) old peoples care home run by Agudas Israel Housing Association, Stamford Hill, London.
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  • Chief executive of Agudas Israel Housing Association Itta Symons (left) talking with staff and clients while they have lunch in Schonfeld square, an Orthodox Jewish (Kosher) old peoples care home. Stamford Hill, London.
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  • A 28 year-old Orthodox Jewish mother shows off her 3 day-old baby. After having her child she is staying in Beis Brucha, a mother and baby home run by Agudas Israel Housing Association who assist mothers for a up to a week after childbirth with care. Stamford Hill, Hackney, London.
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  • Young Orthodox Jewish girls play on a bouncy castle at a community event in Allen Gardens, Stamford Hill to celebrate Lag B'Omer. Women and Men are kept separate at all times including children, they have separate play area's. Lag B'Omer is the holiday celebrating the thirty-third day of the (counting of the) Omer. Jews celebrate it as the day when the plague that killed 24,000 people ended in the holy land (according to the Babylonian Talmud). Other sources say the plague was actually the Roman occupation and the 24,000 people died in the second Jewish - Roman war  (Bar Kokhba revolt of the first century).  Bonfires (used as signals in wartime) are symbolically lit to commemorate the holiday of Lag'B'Omer.
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  • In a communal garden of a Stamford Hill block of flats 3 young Orthodox Jewish boys and one Orthodox Jewish girl collect conkers from the ground and put them into plastic bags.
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  • Big blue sky with fluffy white cirrus clouds above a steep inclining field on a hill farm Carreg Cennen Castle, Trapp, Brecon Beacons, Powys, UK.  (photo by Andrew Aitchison / In pictures via Getty Images)
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  • Sheep grazing in a hill field on the estate of Carreg Cennen Castle, Trapp, Brecon Beacons, Powys, UK.  It is a clear day with big blue sky and white clods . (photo by Andrew Aitchison / In pictures via Getty Images)
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  • Orthodox Jewish men  during Morning Prayer inside a Stamford Hill synagogue. Communal praying in a minyan (quorum) is preferred by men who wear a Tallit (prayer shawl) and a Tefillin (a box containing strips of parchment inscribed with 4 passages of the Torah) on their heads with the leather straps around their arm and hand.
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  • In a Stamford Hill Skwer synagogue Jewish men watch the Skwer Rebbe visiting from New York carry the new Sefer Torah (five books of Moses) into the Shul. Hundreds of men and women gathered to see the event take place.
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  • Orthodox Jews from Stamford Hill pray outside the tomb of Rabbi Shulem Moshkovitz, The Shotzer Rebbe who is buried in the Adath Yisroel cemetery, Enfield. Before his death in 1958 (5718 Jewish years) he promised to help everyone who attended his tomb on a Friday morning and lit 3 candles.  It is thought by people in the local community that thousands have had spiritual help after lighting candles and praying here. On Friday the 12th of January 2007 it was the anniversary of his death, hundreds of people turned up to light candles, place them on his tomb and pray.
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  • Carp fish for sale in a Stamford Hill Jewish run fishmongers.  Fish is traditionally bought on a Friday and eaten as part of the evening meal for the Sabbath.
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  • Orthodox Jewish men belonging the Bobov Hasidism during morning prayer inside a Stamford Hill synagogue. Communal praying in a minyan (quorum) is preferred by men who wear a Tallit (prayer shawl) and a Tefiillin (a box containing strips of parchment inscribed with 4 passages of the Torah) on their heads with the leather straps around their arm and hand.
    07-bobov_4583.jpg
  • A group of ultra orthodox Jewish men from the Ashkenazi sect discussing business matters by a hedge in Overlea road, Stamford hill, London.
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  • A new Sefer Torah being completed by the Alexandria Rebbe before being paraded to synagogue. Members of the congregation and spiritual leaders help the scribe finish off the Torah before it goes Kehal Chareidim Beth Hamedrash, an Ashkenazi synagogue in Stamford Hill.
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  • When a new Sefer Torah (five books of Moses) is completed after years of work it is carried in a big community parade to synagogue. Rabbis and leaders young and old from the Ashkenazi Nitra group take it turns to carry the decorated scrolls to their Shul on Clapton Common, Stamford Hill. Members of the community touch and kiss the scrolls as they pass.
    06-torah_4958.jpg
  • Rabbi Yisrael Oriel Ben Moshe Shlomo, an African Rabbi from Cameroon who converted to Judaism 20 years ago. He prays at the Persian Hebrew congregation and the Moroccan 'Hida' Synagogue and Bet Midrash on East Bank, Stamford Hill, London.
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  • Rabbi Yisrael Oriel Ben Moshe Shlomo, an African Rabbi from Cameroon who converted to Judaism 20 years ago. He prays at the Persian Hebrew congregation and the Moroccan 'Hida' Synagogue and Bet Midrash on East Bank, Stamford Hill, London.
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  • Two elderly Orthodox Jewish men with beards wearing black coats and hats chatting on the pavement of a tree lined street called Dunsmuir road in Stamford Hill, London.
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  • Tashlikh is a Jewish practice that is performed during Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year). Men and women gather near a large body of flowing water and symbolically 'cast off' the previous year's sins by throwing pieces of bread into the water while reading a prayer (the last verses from the prophet Micah). In Stamford Hill the nearest flowing water is river Lea, Hackney, London.
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  • 5 hats belonging to 5 different men in an Orthodox Jewish family, hanging in the hallway of an home in Stamford Hill, London.
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  • Women and children struggle to get vouchers for free kosher ice cream, the only kosher ice cream van in the UK visiting a community event in Allen Gardens, Stamford Hill to celebrate Lag B'Omer. Lag B'Omer is the holiday celebrating the thirty-third day of the (counting of the) Omer. Jews celebrate it as the day when the plague that killed 24,000 people ended in the holy land (according to the Babylonian Talmud). Other sources say the plague was actually the Roman occupation and the 24,000 people died in the second Jewish - Roman war  (Bar Kokhba revolt of the first century).  Bonfires (used as signals in wartime) are symbolically lit to commemorate the holiday of Lag'B'Omer.
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  • Two men watch their daughters on a fair ground ride in Springfield Park Stamford Hill to celebrate Lag B'Omer. Women and Men are kept separate at all times including children, girls and boys take it in turns to go on the rides. Lag B'Omer is the holiday celebrating the thirty-third day of the (counting of the) Omer. Jews celebrate it as the day when the plague that killed 24,000 people ended in the holy land (according to the Babylonian Talmud). Other sources say the plague was actually the Roman occupation and the 24,000 people died in the second Jewish - Roman war  (Bar Kokhba revolt of the first century).  Bonfires (used as signals in wartime) are symbolically lit to commemorate the holiday of Lag'B'Omer.
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  • Orthodox Jewish children playing in the street of Reizel close an Agudas Israel Housing Association development for low-income Orthodox Jewish families in Stamford Hill, London.  All the children play regularly together, having bike races and playing football. There is a real sense of a community, some mothers are out with their younger children keeping an eye on goings on.
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  • Between the houses of a Jewish street in Stamford Hill the figure of Haman in suspended in the sky during the festival of Purim. A young girl dressed as a fairy for Purim try's to hit it with her wand. Purim is one of the most entertaining Jewish holidays.  It commemorates the time when the Jewish people living in Persia were saved from extermination from a massacre by Haman. Due to the courage of a young Jewish woman called Esther it is customary to hold carnival-like celebrations.
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  • Carreg Cennen Castle at the top of a limestone cliff, Trapp, Brecon Beacons, Powys, UK. The castle has been in a ruinous state since 1462 and is under the care of Cadw, the Welsh Government historic environment service. The castle is on a working hill farm.  (photo by Andrew Aitchison / In pictures via Getty Images)
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  • Carreg Cennen Castle, Trapp, Brecon Beacons, Powys, UK. The castle has been in a ruinous state since 1462 and is under the care of Cadw, the Welsh Government historic environment service. The castle is on a working hill farm.  (photo by Andrew Aitchison / In pictures via Getty Images)
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  • Adam, a child on the estate enjoying the climbing wall at the Pathways Project launch by Souther Housing Group, Stamford Hill Estate London. The pathways project is a voluntary information, support and guidance service aimed at young people aged 16-25 years in Hackney.
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  • Adam, a child on the estate enjoying the climbing wall at the Pathways Project launch by Souther Housing Group, Stamford Hill Estate London. The pathways project is a voluntary information, support and guidance service aimed at young people aged 16-25 years in Hackney.
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  • Volunteer Debbie dancing to the music at the Pathways Project launch by Souther Housing Group, Stamford Hill Estate London. The pathways project is a voluntary information, support and guidance service aimed at young people aged 16-25 years in Hackney.
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  • The Pathways Project launch by Souther Housing Group, Stamford Hill Estate London. The pathways project is a voluntary information, support and guidance service aimed at young people aged 16-25 years in Hackney.
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  • Abyss dance troup, X factor finalsits performing at the Pathways Project launch by Souther Housing Group, Stamford Hill Estate London. The pathways project is a voluntary information, support and guidance service aimed at young people aged 16-25 years in Hackney.
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  • Abyss dance troup, X factor finalsits performing at the Pathways Project launch by Souther Housing Group, Stamford Hill Estate London. The pathways project is a voluntary information, support and guidance service aimed at young people aged 16-25 years in Hackney.
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  • Abyss dance troup, X factor finalsits performing at the Pathways Project launch by Souther Housing Group, Stamford Hill Estate London. The pathways project is a voluntary information, support and guidance service aimed at young people aged 16-25 years in Hackney.
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  • A penality shoot out competition at the Pathways Project launch by Souther Housing Group, Stamford Hill Estate London. The pathways project is a voluntary information, support and guidance service aimed at young people aged 16-25 years in Hackney.
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  • A penality shoot out competition at the Pathways Project launch by Souther Housing Group, Stamford Hill Estate London. The pathways project is a voluntary information, support and guidance service aimed at young people aged 16-25 years in Hackney.
    11-shg-4184.jpg
  • A penality shoot out competition at the Pathways Project launch by Souther Housing Group, Stamford Hill Estate London. The pathways project is a voluntary information, support and guidance service aimed at young people aged 16-25 years in Hackney.
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  • A penality shoot out competition at the Pathways Project launch by Souther Housing Group, Stamford Hill Estate London. The pathways project is a voluntary information, support and guidance service aimed at young people aged 16-25 years in Hackney.
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  • Ealr making announcement The Pathways Project launch by Souther Housing Group, Stamford Hill Estate London. The pathways project is a voluntary information, support and guidance service aimed at young people aged 16-25 years in Hackney.
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  • Angel with her buttefly painted face at the Pathways Project launch by Souther Housing Group, Stamford Hill Estate London. The pathways project is a voluntary information, support and guidance service aimed at young people aged 16-25 years in Hackney.
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  • Volunteer Cassandra talking to resident Agnes about th Pathways Project launch by Souther Housing Group, Stamford Hill Estate London. The pathways project is a voluntary information, support and guidance service aimed at young people aged 16-25 years in Hackney.
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  • Angel having a butterfly painted onto her face at the Pathways Project launch by Souther Housing Group, Stamford Hill Estate London. The pathways project is a voluntary information, support and guidance service aimed at young people aged 16-25 years in Hackney.
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  • Children enjoying the climbing wall at the Pathways Project launch by Souther Housing Group, Stamford Hill Estate London. The pathways project is a voluntary information, support and guidance service aimed at young people aged 16-25 years in Hackney.
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  • Volunteer Cassandra talking to resident Janet about th Pathways Project launch by Souther Housing Group, Stamford Hill Estate London. The pathways project is a voluntary information, support and guidance service aimed at young people aged 16-25 years in Hackney.
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  • Children enjoying the climbing wall at the Pathways Project launch by Souther Housing Group, Stamford Hill Estate London. The pathways project is a voluntary information, support and guidance service aimed at young people aged 16-25 years in Hackney.
    11-shg-3959.jpg
  • Children enjoying the climbing wall at the Pathways Project launch by Souther Housing Group, Stamford Hill Estate London. The pathways project is a voluntary information, support and guidance service aimed at young people aged 16-25 years in Hackney.
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  • Kya and Alex working with the In picture group at the Pathways Project launch by Souther Housing Group, Stamford Hill Estate London. The pathways project is a voluntary information, support and guidance service aimed at young people aged 16-25 years in Hackney.
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  • Cassandra, Suzanne, Earl, Debbie and Chima staff and volunteers of the Pathways Project launch by Souther Housing Group, Stamford Hill Estate London. The pathways project is a voluntary information, support and guidance service aimed at young people aged 16-25 years in Hackney.
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  • Kya and Alex working with the In picture group at the Pathways Project launch by Souther Housing Group, Stamford Hill Estate London. The pathways project is a voluntary information, support and guidance service aimed at young people aged 16-25 years in Hackney.
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  • Kya and Alex working with the In picture group at the Pathways Project launch by Souther Housing Group, Stamford Hill Estate London. The pathways project is a voluntary information, support and guidance service aimed at young people aged 16-25 years in Hackney.
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