Celebrating Jewish Life

Baby names and their meanings play an important role in Jewish tradition. The Bris and Baby Naming ceremony are both rituals to introduce the child and to welcome them into the Jewish community. 

If it’s your choice to design a unique ceremony, we can create something together.  If it’s your desire to have a traditional ceremony, there are many ceremonies we can choose from.

So what does it mean to become a bar/bat mitzvah?  The ceremony formally and publicly welcomes the bar/bat mitzvah into the community.  The Bar/Bat Mitzvah service is a symbolic bridge between childhood and young Jewish adulthood.

Studying together, we will create an understanding and proficiency of a Torah portion and haftarah.  Creating and delivering a meaningful D’var Torah (speech) is one of the rites of passage that every child must happily go through!

“We praise You, Adonai, our God, Ruler of the universe, Creator of joy and gladness, bride and groom, love and kinship, peace and friendship.  We praise You, our God, who cause the bride and groom to rejoice together.”

It would be my honor to stand with you under the chuppah.  Together we can create a meaningful and personal wedding ceremony.

Demonstrating her understanding and sensitivity, Sadie can help guide you through those critical talks that will make your ceremony one that respects both of you and your families and make your wedding day the most exciting and happy day of your lives.

More even than at other times, a rabbi’s place is with mourners.  End of life is one of the most personal journeys we make as individuals, and as families.

One of the greatest acts of loving kindness in Judaism is to do something for someone, which cannot be repaid, or where someone cannot say thank you.  This last act is giving an honorable burial to your loved one and helping them return to from where they came.