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  • Chanukah lasts for 8 days and is the Jewish festival of light. It commemorates the rededication of the temple after it had been defiled. A candle is lit every night. In order to bring light to the world some put the candles in their front windows.  Here on the 5th day of Chanukah menorahs are placed the doorways of a local household.
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  • Chanukah last for 8 days and is the Jewish festival of light. It commemorates the rededication of the temple after it had been defiled. A candle is lit every night. In order to bring light to the world some put the candles in their front window.  Here at a local old peoples home a resident is being helped by her grandson to light her menorah in the window.
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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 PC computer keyboard for typing marked in English and Hebrew.
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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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  • 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.
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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_4867.jpg
  • Rabbi Herschel Gluck of Walford road Synagogue reads the Megillah "The Scroll of Esther" during the Jewish festival of Purim.
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  • 3 generations of women from the same family watch the Purim events from a safe distance. 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 for men dress up and to hold carnival-like celebrations, singing, dancing and getting drunk.
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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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  • 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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  • Rabbi Eliyahu Avichail writer of many books in Hebrew including his latest 'The tribes of Israel, the lost and the dispersed'. He is also the founder of Amishav and as dedicated his life to research and activity on behalf of the dispersed of Israel.
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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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  • 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. 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
  • 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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  • 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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  • Two Jewish men reading (learning) the Torah inside their family Sukkah. On the table is an Etrog (Citron) on a bed of horse hair inside a presentation box. The etrog is used in the mitzvah of the four species for the festival of Sukkot, the feast of Tabernacles. 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 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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  • 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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  • Rabbi Herschel Gluck eating a takeaway meal in his Sukkah during the festival of Sukkot, the feast of Tabernacles. The holiday commemorates the forty-year period during which the children of Israel were wandering in the desert. In honor of the children of Israel in the wilderness, men dwell in temporary shelters. This shelter is called a Sukkah it has at least three sides and a partially open roof covered with greenery.
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  • Boruch Shloima squeezing tomato sauce onto his take away chips whilst sitting in the family Sukkah during the festival of Sukkot, the feast of Tabernacles. The holiday commemorates the forty-year period during which the children of Israel were wandering in the desert. In honor of the children of Israel in the wilderness, men dwell in temporary shelters. This shelter is called a Sukkah it has at least three sides and a partially open roof covered with greenery.
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  • Shmuli Simons sleeping in the family sukkah during Sukkot, the feast of Tabernacles. The holiday commemorates the forty-year period during which the children of Israel were wandering in the desert. In honor of the children of Israel in the wilderness, men dwell in temporary shelters. This shelter is called a sukkah it has at least three sides and a partially open roof covered with greenery.
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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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  • At the end of the Purim festival and 18 minutes before the beginning of Shabbat the candles are lit in the synagogue and everyone puts their hands toward the main candle to accept the sanctity of Shabbat. Shabbat is the Jewish day of rest and lasts from sunset on Friday night until 1 hour after sunset on Saturday. No work is allowed at all during Shabbat.
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  • A man dressed up as a gorilla in the congregation during the Megillah reading for Purim in Walford road synagogue. 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 for men dress u and to hold carnival-like celebrations.
    04-purim_5507.jpg
  • Mr Leibowitz and his 3 sons reading (learning) the Torah inside their sukkah during Sukkot, the feast of Tabernacles. The holiday commemorates the forty-year period during which the children of Israel were wandering in the desert. In honor of the children of Israel in the wilderness, men dwell in temporary shelters. This shelter is called a sukkah it has at least three sides and a partially open roof covered with greenery.
    04-leibowitz_4062.jpg
  • An Etrog (Citron) on a bed of horsehair inside a presentation box. The etrog is used in the mitzvah of the four species for the festival of Sukkot, the feast of Tabernacles. The holiday of Sukkot commemorates the forty-year period during which the children of Israel were wandering in the desert.
    04-citrus_3622.jpg
  • Young men tour the streets wearing fancy dress in an open top bus, drinking and dancing while going round visiting local wealthy men, collecting for their school charity during Purim. 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 on Purim. Normally one of the group dresses up as Haman (right, covering his face).
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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.
    03-purim_8432.jpg
  • Ukrainian religious leaders join protestors holding a STOP PUTIN banner stands with demonstrators gathered outside of Downing Street in London to protest against the invasion of Ukraine by Russia on the 24th of February 2022, London, United Kingdom. In the early hours of this morning Russian troops began a large scale invasion of Ukraine, protesters gathered calling on the UK government to impose tougher sanctions on Putin and the Russian government. (photo by Andy Aitchison)
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  • Ukrainian religious leaders join protestors holding a STOP PUTIN banner stands with demonstrators gathered outside of Downing Street in London to protest against the invasion of Ukraine by Russia on the 24th of February 2022, London, United Kingdom. In the early hours of this morning Russian troops began a large scale invasion of Ukraine, protesters gathered calling on the UK government to impose tougher sanctions on Putin and the Russian government. (photo by Andy Aitchison)
    UK-Protest-Ukraine-Russia-0984.jpg
  • Ukrainian religious leaders join protestors holding a STOP PUTIN banner stands with demonstrators gathered outside of Downing Street in London to protest against the invasion of Ukraine by Russia on the 24th of February 2022, London, United Kingdom. In the early hours of this morning Russian troops began a large scale invasion of Ukraine, protesters gathered calling on the UK government to impose tougher sanctions on Putin and the Russian government. (photo by Andy Aitchison)
    UK-Protest-Ukraine-Russia-0982.jpg
  • Ukrainian religious leaders join protestors holding a STOP PUTIN banner stands with demonstrators gathered outside of Downing Street in London to protest against the invasion of Ukraine by Russia on the 24th of February 2022, London, United Kingdom. In the early hours of this morning Russian troops began a large scale invasion of Ukraine, protesters gathered calling on the UK government to impose tougher sanctions on Putin and the Russian government. (photo by Andy Aitchison)
    UK-Protest-Ukraine-Russia-0979.jpg
  • Ukrainian religious leaders join protestors holding a STOP PUTIN banner stands with demonstrators gathered outside of Downing Street in London to protest against the invasion of Ukraine by Russia on the 24th of February 2022, London, United Kingdom. In the early hours of this morning Russian troops began a large scale invasion of Ukraine, protesters gathered calling on the UK government to impose tougher sanctions on Putin and the Russian government. (photo by Andy Aitchison)
    UK-Protest-Ukraine-Russia-0965.jpg
  • Ukrainian religious leaders join protestors holding a STOP PUTIN banner stands with demonstrators gathered outside of Downing Street in London to protest against the invasion of Ukraine by Russia on the 24th of February 2022, London, United Kingdom. In the early hours of this morning Russian troops began a large scale invasion of Ukraine, protesters gathered calling on the UK government to impose tougher sanctions on Putin and the Russian government. (photo by Andy Aitchison)
    UK-Protest-Ukraine-Russia-0957.jpg
  • Rabbi Herschel Gluck OBE, photographed at home in Stoke Newington, London in his garden on the 8th of July 2020 by Andy Aitchison.
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  • Rabbi Herschel Gluck OBE, photographed at home in Stoke Newington, London in his garden on the 8th of July 2020 by Andy Aitchison.
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  • The bride (Kallah) assisted by 2 escorts holding candles circles her groom 7 times under the chuppah. There are many reasons for this, Kabbalah (the Jewish tradition of mysticism) says that women, representing the earth, re-enact seven revolutions that the earth made during the seven days of creation.
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  • Rabbi Herschel Gluck OBE, photographed at home in Stoke Newington, London in his garden on the 8th of July 2020 by Andy Aitchison.
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  • Rabbi Herschel Gluck OBE, photographed at home in Stoke Newington, London in his garden on the 8th of July 2020 by Andy Aitchison.
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  • Rabbi Herschel Gluck OBE, photographed at home in Stoke Newington, London in his garden on the 8th of July 2020 by Andy Aitchison.
    Herschel-Gluck-by-Andy-Aitchison-4.jpg
  • 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.
    07-tach_1042.jpg
  • 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 on Purim, and for groups of men to go round visiting local wealthy men, collecting for their charity. It is stated that the men should drink so much alcohol that they don't know the difference between right and wrong, its common to see young children smoking cigarettes on the streets.
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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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  • A young boy dressed as a Purim Rabbi in white robes and a white tall furry hat crosses Dunsmure road by a local chemist during the festival of Purim.
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  • Pidyon Haben is a rite of passage in Judaism that is known as 'the redemption of the first born son'. It takes place when a baby is at least 31 days old, and involves 'buying him back from a Cohen.' Here the baby is draped in gold by the mother, grandmother and family and then bought back from a Cohen for 5 pieces of silver. Each man attending takes some of the sugar cubes as a part of the ceremony. The baby has to be the first boy who has opened his mother's womb and not have been delivered by a caesarean birth.
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  • Pidyon Haben is a rite of passage in Judaism that is known as 'the redemption of the first born son'. It takes place when a baby is at least 31 days old, and involves 'buying him back from a Cohen.' Here the baby is draped in gold by the mother, grandmother and family and then bought back from a Cohen for 5 pieces of silver. The baby has to be the first boy who has opened his mother's womb and not have been delivered by a caesarean birth.
    07-pidyon_7720.jpg
  • Pidyon Haben is a rite of passage in Judaism that is known as 'the redemption of the first born son'. It takes place when a baby is at least 31 days old, and involves 'buying him back from a Cohen.' Here the baby is draped in gold by the mother, grandmother and family and then bought back from a Cohen for 5 pieces of silver. The baby has to be the first boy who has opened his mother's womb and not have been delivered by a caesarean birth.
    07-pidyon_7699.jpg
  • Matza bread baking in a traditional brick oven for Passover, the oven is situated in a small room out the back of Bethune Road synagogue. The baking process from start to finish has to be completed within 18 minutes for it to be Kosher
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  • The process of baking unleavened matza bread for Passover begins with the flour mix; the room is kept covered with brown paper for hygienic purposes and the ingredients are totally separate. The baking process from start to finish has to be completed within 18 minutes for it to be Kosher. They are baking matza bread for Passover out the back of Bethune Road synagogue.
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  • The process of baking unleavened matza bread for Passover finishes with the uncooked dough being put in a brick oven on a long wooden stick. The baking process from start to finish has to be completed within 18 minutes for it to be Kosher. They are baking matza bread for the festival of Passover out the back of Bethune Road synagogue.
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  • The Mohel washes his hands before the circumcision ceremony begins. On the 8th day after birth a Brit Milah (Circumcision) is performed on a Jewish baby boy (unless there is a medical reason to delay it). The ceremony takes place in the synagogue and the man who carries out the skin removal is know as a Mohel and is medically trained, the boy is also given his Hebrew and/or English names.
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  • On the 8th day after birth a Brit Milah (Circumcision) is performed on a Jewish baby boy (unless there is a medical reason to delay it). The ceremony takes place in the synagogue and the man who carries out the skin removal is know as a Mohel and is medically trained, the boy is also given his Hebrew and/or English names. Here the father and grandfather of the baby boy assist the Mohel, friends and family attend the ceremony.
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  • On the 8th day after birth a Brit Milah (Circumcision) is performed on a Jewish baby boy (unless there is a medical reason to delay it). The ceremony takes place in the synagogue and the man who carries out the skin removal is know as a Mohel and is medically trained, the boy is also given his Hebrew and/or English names. Here the grandfather of the baby boy assist the Mohel, friends and family attend the ceremony.
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  • The grandfather of the baby boy assist the Mohel in holding the boy while the father of the boy reads a prayer before giving the Mohel the blade. On the 8th day after birth a Brit Milah (Circumcision) is performed on a Jewish baby boy (unless there is a medical reason to delay it). The ceremony takes place in the synagogue and the man who carries out the skin removal is know as a Mohel and is medically trained, the boy is also given his Hebrew and/or English names.
    07-bris_9429.jpg
  • Men praying and casting away their sins into the river Lea, Hackney, London for Tashlich. Tashlich 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).
    06-tach_4210.jpg
  • Rabbi Gluck searching for homets at the beginning of Passover. After the house is cleaned from top to bottom the children in the house hide 10 parcels of homets (bread crumbs) for the man of the house to find. The tools used to search for homets are a feather to brush up the homets, a spoon to collect them and a candle to search with. A prayer is read while carrying this out. When all the homets are collected they are burnt with everything else in the house that contains yeast.
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  • Searching for homets before Passover. The tools used are a feather to brush up the homets, a spoon to collect them and a candle to search with.  A prayer is read while carrying out ritual. When all the homets are collected they are burnt with everything else in the house that contains yeast.
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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.
    05-tachlich_3800.jpg
  • 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.
    05-tachlich_3796.jpg
  • On the first day of Passover Rabbi Gluck burns his homets and the tools used to collect the homets in a garden fire. While burning these items he recites a prayer.
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  • The veiling (bedeken) is when the groom veils his bride immediately before the wedding ceremony. It's a way for him to verify he is marring the right bride and is often preceded by singing and dancing around the bride who sits on a throne like chair. Once she is veiled the ceremony can take place.
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  • 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 on Purim, and for groups of men to go round on the back of lorries and in open top buses visiting local wealthy men, collecting for their charity. It is stated that the men should drink so much alcohol that they don't know the difference between right and wrong.
    04-purim_6330.jpg
  • Rabbi Herschel Gluck of Walford road Synagogue reads the Megillah "The Scroll of Esther" during the Jewish festival of Purim. Women and children listen to the Rabbi from a balcony upstairs.
    04-purim_5573.jpg
  • 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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  • Rabbi Herschel Gluck OBE, photographed at home in Stoke Newington, London in his garden on the 8th of July 2020 by Andy Aitchison.
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  • Rabbi Herschel Gluck OBE, photographed at home in Stoke Newington, London in his garden on the 8th of July 2020 by Andy Aitchison.
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  • Rabbi Herschel Gluck OBE, photographed at home in Stoke Newington, London in his garden on the 8th of July 2020 by Andy Aitchison.
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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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  • An Orthodox Jewish mans climbs over a large part of a tree snapped off on Upper Clapton road. The sever storm called St Jude is the worst to hit the Uk for years, it has caused sever damage to parts of the country with winds of up to 90mph.
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  • An Orthodox Jewish mans climbs over a large part of a tree snapped off on Upper Clapton road. The sever storm called St Jude is the worst to hit the Uk for years, it has caused sever damage to parts of the country with winds of up to 90mph.
    UK-Weather-Severe-Storms-4310.jpg
  • An Orthodox Jewish mans climbs over a large part of a tree snapped off on Upper Clapton road. The sever storm called St Jude is the worst to hit the Uk for years, it has caused sever damage to parts of the country with winds of up to 90mph.
    UK-Weather-Severe-Storms-4309.jpg
  • An Orthodox Jewish mans climbs over a large part of a tree snapped off on Upper Clapton road. The sever storm called St Jude is the worst to hit the Uk for years, it has caused sever damage to parts of the country with winds of up to 90mph.
    UK-Weather-Severe-Storms-4309.jpg
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