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Manchester Reform Synagogue building exterior September 2017
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Manchester Reform Synagogue building exterior September 2017 – detail of the doorway and steps
![Jewish Star of David and 7 branch candlestick symbols set in windows of Synagogue](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ManchesterReformSynagogue3-1024x683.jpg)
Manchester Reform Synagogue building – on Jackson Row near Deansgate – exterior detail September 2017, with Jewish Star of David and 7 branch candlestick symbols set in windows of Synagogue.
This was my very first time inside a Synagogue, and consequently my first experience of a Tefillin Ceremony. As I understand it, its the first time a 13 year old boy gets the right to wear words from the Torah (Jewish “Bible” Scrolls) in a little black box on his forehead. Since this tradition is thousands of years old, my words won’t add much to the understanding of it, but hopefully seeing it in pictures will be interesting at least!
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Jackson Row Synagogue – on the occasion of a Jewish Tefillin Ceremony
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Tefillin at Jackson Row Synagogue
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Jackson Row Synagogue
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Jackson Row Synagogue
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Jackson Row Synagogue
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Jackson Row Synagogue
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Jackson Row Synagogue
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Jackson Row Synagogue
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Jackson Row Synagogue
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Jackson Row Synagogue
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Manchester Reform Synagogue – The Ark
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Jackson Row Synagogue
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Jackson Row Synagogue
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Jackson Row Synagogue
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Jackson Row Synagogue
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Jackson Row Synagogue
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Jackson Row Synagogue
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Jackson Row Synagogue
![The pre-Bar Mitzvah boy reading passages from The Torah during Tefillin at Jackson Row Synagogue](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/BarMitzvah055-1024x683.jpg)
Reading passages from The Torah during Tefillin at Jackson Row Synagogue
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Reading passages from The Torah during Tefillin at Jackson Row Synagogue
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Manchester Reform Synagogue – The Ark – showing the covered Torah Scrolls
![Tefillin Ceremony before Bar Mitzvah in Manchester Reform Synagogue, Jackson Row](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/BarMitzvah068-1024x683.jpg)
Jackson Row Synagogue during Tefillin Ceremony before Bar Mitzvah
![The Ark with Torah Scrolls at Tefillin in Manchester](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/BarMitzvah071-1024x683.jpg)
The Ark with Torah Scrolls at Jackson Row Synagogue during a Tefillin Ceremony
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Jackson Row Synagogue During Tefillin as seen from the balcony
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Jackson Row Synagogue during a Tefillin Ceremony