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Coors Field Bar Mitzvah Party

June 20, 2023

Temple Sinai Bar Mitzvah Rehearsal & Coors Field Bar Mitzvah Photography

Earlier in June I met this awesome family whose middle son was celebrating his bar mitzvah at Temple Sinai in Denver. I met with his family the day before his actual bar mitzvah service to capture photos from the rehearsal. We also made sure to catch some group photos with the family who traveled to Denver to celebrate this big family event with him. The following day he did his bar mitzvah service and I joined them for the party they held at Coors Field to celebrate this huge accomplishment in his life. I am consistently incredibly impressed with how much effort young Jewish people put in to be able to lead an entire service. They study a lot of Hebrew which is notoriously difficult to learn and then must get up in front of a large crowd of people and speak to them in both English and Hebrew. It is truly a huge accomplishment and the sense of pride they must feel afterwards has to be incredible. I really love being able to capture this special time for these families. Below is just a small portion of some of my personal favorites from both days.

Parents of the bar mitzvah boy follow along during the rehearsal at Temple Sinai in Denver

Reading at a Bar Mitzvah rehearsal at Temple Sinai in Denver CO

Bar Mitzvah Photos from a rehearsal at Temple Sinai in Denver Colorado

Grandmothers help with the torah at Temple SInai at their grandson's bar mitzvah

Grandparents help with the Torah at their grandson's bar mitzvah at Temple Sinai in Denver

Grandfather of Bar mitzvah boy holds the Torah at Temple Sinai

A mother with his son on the day of his bar mitzvah with family nearby at Temple Sinai

Bar Mitzvah boy holds the torah in his arms at his bar mitzvah rehearsal in Denver

Boy carries the Torah at his bar mitzvah rehearsal in Denver at Temple Sinai

Grandfather reads from the Torah with his grandson on the day of his bar mitzvah at Temple Sinai in Denver

Family reading during a bar mitzvah rehearsal at Temple Sinai in Denver CO

Family gathers around mitzvah child as he goes through his rehearsal at Temple Sinai

Bar Mitzvah boy reads from the Torah during his bar mitzvah rehearsal in Denver at Temple Sinai

Bar Mitzvah boy does a reading as his family sits and watches at Temple Sinai in Denver CO

Portrait of a bar mitzvah boy with his hand on the torah at Temple Sinai in Denver CO

Bar Mitzvah rehearsal reading in front of the Torah wall at Temple Sinai

Rabbi speaks to a young man on the day of his bar mitzvah rehearsal at Temple Sinai in Denver

Family gathered around the Torah for a portrait at Temple Sinai in Denver CO

Bar Mitzvah Boy Portrait in front of Torahs at Temple Sinai

Bar Mitzvah Boy poses for portrait with his parents at Temple Sinai

Family portrait at Temple Sinai on the day of their son's bar mitzvah in Denver CO

Portrait with the baseball diamond in the backdrop at a Bar Mitzvah Party at Coors Field

Siblings pose for a sweet photo together with the Coors Field stands in the backdrop at a bar mitzvah party in Denver

Bar Mitzvah boy group photos with his friends at Coors Field

Kids laugh as they enjoy sitting in the stands at Coors Field at a Bar Mitzvah party

Coors Field Bar Mitzvah party with bean bag toss game

Kids playing games at a Coors Field Bar Mitzvah Party in Denver

Kids playing games at a bar mitzvah party in Denver CO

Circle horah dance at a Jewish Bar Mitzvah Party at Coors Field in Denver

Bar mitzvah boy tossed in the air on a chair at his bar mitzvah party at Coors Field in Denver CO

Horah chair dance family lifted into the air at Coors Field bar mitzvah party in Denver

Kids get a selfie at a Coors Field Bar Mitzvah in Denver

Dancing at a Bar mitzvah party in Denver

Photo collage of kids having fun at a Coors Field Bar Mitzvah Party

Summer bar mitzvah portrait with tree leaf backdrop in Denver CO

Is your child preparing for their bar or bat mitzvah? If you need a mitzvah photographer, I’d love to help. Feel free to take a look at the MITZVAHS page of my website and reach out!