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<![CDATA[Mesibot Photography - Blog ]]>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 20:44:49 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[My Nephews Son's Bris]]>Sun, 18 Nov 2012 08:20:54 GMThttps://www.mesibotphotography.com/blog/my-nephews-sons-bris

The bris of the seventh great grandchild to my parents was held in Kfar Chabad last month.
They married young as did their children and grandchildren.
Many genuine smiles as the newest member of the family joined the covenant of Abraham.
This baby was quite alert and I could see a difference or so it seemed to me, in the maturity of the newborn just moments after the brit. He went from just a newborn baby to a person. His name is Levy Yitschak.

]]><![CDATA[Sefer Torah]]>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 06:56:09 GMThttps://www.mesibotphotography.com/blog/sefer-torah

This slideshow was impromptu. We heard the music and ran out to see where it was coming from. As the freshly completed Sefer Torah was paraded along the street, blocking traffic, people came out of their homes to join the procession that was led by a music blaring van, followed by the donating family and the members of the shul receiving the torah. It felt like a holy event. As the sun set, I was sorry I hadn't brought outdoor lighting. Click the photo to see more.

]]><![CDATA[Jewish Funeral in Israel]]>Wed, 16 May 2012 05:45:50 GMThttps://www.mesibotphotography.com/blog/jewish-funeral-in-israel

I waited a year to post these photos. One of the younger grandchildren, about 9 years old, peered over the edge of the open grave. He too wanted to stay that one minute longer. Like waldo, he appeared in many photos. The uniformed grandchildren were serving in the IDF and given a day off to attend. Having lived a full life and suffering a long illness, this funeral was not a sudden shock. She had left her legacy and they all missed her now. Click here for slideshow.

]]><![CDATA[Purim Girl]]>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:12:51 GMThttps://www.mesibotphotography.com/blog/purim-girlThe look on the girls face in the next photo show that she is anxious about the way the man approaching her is looking at her. She seemed about 12 and probably borrowed her moms pumps to look grown up but succeeded a bit too well. In contrast, the orthodox girls always wear long skirts and, by not watching the models in the media, don't feel the pressure to dress otherwise. Click for more

Throwing a water bottle.

]]><![CDATA[Purim in Israel 2012]]>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:19:00 GMThttps://www.mesibotphotography.com/blog/purim-in-israel-2012

I love Purim in Israel. Even in trying to capture diversity by travelling to several cities with contrasting cultures and religious observance, I still found the common celebration and underlying unity rather than differences. Everyone dressed up, everyone delivered baskets of goodies and פורים שמח was sounded all around by cab drivers and singing yeshiva bochur groups alike.
In general, Israeli's do not drink alcohol other than a polite sip for kiddush and when they meet someone really drunk they have this look of amusement to perplexity though there are those with outright aversion for anyone even slightly inbibed. I thought that those drinking were still sweet, singing kindergarden songs such as "Today is Friday, tomorrow is Shabbat Kodesh." or pronouncing loud words of torah and telling everyone that they love the Am Yisrael.
Click here to see Purim slideshow

]]><![CDATA[About Me]]>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:07:02 GMThttps://www.mesibotphotography.com/blog/about-me

I was raised both in Jerusalem with Bais Yaakov and Bais Chana (Chabad) and in California. Both worlds have influenced my photography and being fully bi-lingual I can put people at ease in both ultra orthodox and non religious settings.
Being a mother and grandmother, I'm on the lookout for adorable children in real moments knowing they pass too fast. My oldest daughter is a videographer who works for JEC in New York. My mother is an artist who always points out shades of pastel in sunsets, how the light plays on leaves and mountains.
Not married at the moment, I still believe in the happily ever after. Know a good frum guy age 47 - 55? Let me know.

The people in Israel are special. Enthusiastic, entrepreneureal, dedicated, with an inherent faith in G-d, devoted to their families and of course, opinionated. I've tried to showcase those particularly Israeli moments. Soldiers, firemen, mothers with strollers, construction workers, bus drivers, people on the train and at the train station and of course celebrations: Sefardic and Black Hat Weddings, Bar/Bat Mitzva's, Holidays, chassidic celebrations and day to day events.

שנות הילדות שלי היו בירושלים בין חסידים וכן בקאליפורניה. בתיכון למדתי בבית חנה (חבד) בארץ ובית יעקב בארהב
בתור אמא, וסבתא לשלשה אני נותנת תשומת לב לתמונות של ילדים קטנים
שולטת בעברית ואנגלית כשפת אם, אני נהנית לצלם במגזר החרדי וגם את חיי היום יום ברחובות העיר של תל אביב וירושלים
חיילים, שוטרים, כבאים, אמהות ועגלות ,תחנות רכבת, כל עוד התמונוה היא של רגע חי אני מנסה להביא אותו אליכם

]]><![CDATA[My Photography Inspiration]]>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:44:36 GMThttps://www.mesibotphotography.com/blog/my-photography-inspiration

I have always loved parties and crowds so being in the middle to catch the right moment of everything going on was right for me. Besides, my mother is an artist who always points out how the light plays on the mountains and leaves, how beautiful the sky is when it's a moving sea of color and how a brush stroke can change the mood by mixing in another tone.
My study of photography has been enhanced by the wealth of information available on the internet. With a few clicks you can be watching a seminar demonstrating the techniques gained through a lifetime of experience of the most accomplished photographers.
Of course it's still focused and demanding work, it takes a good eye and an appreciation of human emotions such as love, joy, trepidation, contemplation and celebration. I like to bring out something special about the people I photograph.
I also love children. They have such charm, curiosity, energy, hopefulness, happiness and eager self expression. They are a joy to watch. Every child is a whole world, a person in their own right.

]]><![CDATA[Bat Mitzvah Photo Shoot]]>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:23:28 GMThttps://www.mesibotphotography.com/blog/bat-mitzvah-photo-shoot

A Bat Mitzvah girl is at an age of passage where she is at once the dear little girl you love and a budding woman in her own right. It is the twilight of coming into her own strength and femininity. Her expression of herself, embracing the world and what she has to offer it. See More

In Bat Mitzvah photos it matters to express the girls' personality with all it's faces so I offer accesories and the time to change outfits. I also like her to express the things she enjoyed as a child and her perception of herself as a young woman.

This series was of a girl who said that she never comes out good in pictures to the point where she doesn't let anyone photograph her. I told her that everyone has a good angle and a moment to shine. She enjoyed herself, invented some of her own poses and was happy with the results. That's what matters.

גיל המעבר של בת מצווה הוא בעצם גיל של דו-פנים: הילדה הקטנה והאהובה ונערה הנכנסת לעולם הנשים. בצילומים אני מנסה לשלב את שתי המאפינים האלה של הגיל הצעיר ובוגר גם יחד. לשם כך אני מספקת אביזרים לקישוט ומאפשרת זמן להחלפת תלבושות וכן מצלמת את הדברים שהבת ניהנתה מהם בילדות ואת המבט העצמית שלה בתור אשה. הילדה בצילומים אלו הזהירה אותי שהיא לעולם לא מצתלמת יפה, הכל יוצא לה מכוער. אני אמרתי שאין אחד שאי אפשר לטפוס על הצד הטוב. בסוף היא השתתפה בהמצאות "פוסות" ובכך שנהינתה, יצא שהיתה מרוצה מהתוצאות
Click Here to see Bat Mitzvah girl photo shoot. הקליקו כאן לסדרת שקופיות מלאה

]]><![CDATA[Bris Milah]]>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:39:57 GMThttps://www.mesibotphotography.com/blog/bris-milah

When I posted photos of a bris, I expected I might receive some flak for taking the photos. Sure enough there were a few e mails questioning why I would even take, let alone post photos that were specific.
So, the reason is, I wanted to offer a glimpse, to anyone unsure about whether to perform a bris on their precious infant at all, that a bris is not a big deal. And also I remember as a young mother, wanting to know exactly what they are going to do to my baby and not getting much in the way of answers. So these photos give a close up of what is going on in case some new parent wants to know.

As I tell my children, they ONLY cut the extra skin, that's all, nothing else and no they CAN'T make a mistake and cut off too much because only the small amount of skin can fit through the space in the metal sheild is cut, on the far away side. It only takes a couple of seconds for the whole thing.

A bris is a holy event and I wanted to capture the faces of the parents and participants who are bringing their newest child into the covenant of Abraham.

As a child, I assisted in our home clinic. My father was a pediatric specialist and teaching professor at Hadassah and Shaarei Tsedek. He occasionally acted as a Mohel and, though I never followed my calling to become a midwife, I have always been comfortable with medical stuff.

The sister was very attentive to her new brother still on the chair of Eliyahu Hanavi with a bit of gauze dipped in wine serving as a pacifier.

The father is on the right, gazing at his son held in the mohels arms right after the circumcision. The baby was peaceful and sleeping for the rest of the time at the event. Some parents give their infant Tylenol after the Bris but most babies are fine even without that.

To see the bris slideshow click Here or on the Photo.

]]><![CDATA[Birkat Kohanim At the Kotel on Succos]]>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 11:22:00 GMThttps://www.mesibotphotography.com/blog/birkat-kohanim-at-the-kotel-on-succos

Birkas Kohanim, The priestly blessing on Succos at the Kotel is a jam packed event. Those leery of pushing crowds need not apply. I personally like people and having grown up in Israel find it kind of fun to be shoved along a river of women trying to enter a succah for a blessing from the Rabbi.

The Preistly blessing is recited by hundreds of Kohanim, decendents of the preists that used to serve at the temple that they now stand at the foot of. Flush to the wall and covered with white talleisim, hands extended in a modified vulcan salute using both hands with the thumbs touching so that the hands are divided into five sets of two fingers each the Kohanim bless all assembled. The loudspeakers magnify the volume so that the thousands spanning the packed grounds, the surrounding stairs and rooftops can all hear. Then the Rabbis add blessings from the podium, shema, and psalms while the crowd repeats after them.

The photos that I took of the police woman trying to control the crowd caught her at a distraught moment. Apparently she was not as comfortable up close and shoulder to shoulder with all these vocal religious women pushing to get in. She said she's not photogenic but I showed her some I took so that people could see Israel from afar and she said ok.

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