Interfaith Couples, Interfaith Jewish Wedding
Interfaith couples, couples even of the same faith, they are all mixed marriages. Having grown up in different circumstances challenge them to find common ground and agreements with which both partners can live together as one couple in one household. Regardless, marriage takes work and with practice, a couple will be in sync with each other. When that happens, all is good. The concept and institution of marriage assumes a much greater and more profound significance.
Clergy refusing to be at a wedding of a couple willing to commit to a Jewish future and home will not keep them from getting married but it may push them away from Jewish life because of this rejection. That would serve none of us well. It is a fact, we welcome our married interfaith couples into our congregations with open arms, but our Rabbis (not all), will not marry them. Our future is better served by opening our arms rather than slamming our doors. When two people have fallen in love, the rabbis needs to do everything possible to help them be part of the Jewish community. A nurturing love relationship is a gift of God, deserving of acknowledgment and blessing. Will you Co-Officiate with a Minister, Priest? When you have decided as a couple to accept one faith, the Jewish faith, it would be a contradiction for me as a Rabbi. Will you officiate our wedding on a Saturday? An interfaith couple making a commitment to Judaism should understand the importance of Shabbat or at least the Jewish partner. That Jewish tradition does not allow weddings on Shabbat. It is a holy day and the joy and celebration of a marriage of the same or different faiths is prohibited on the Sabbath. Are you sure, my future wife/husband is not Jewish When the non-Jewish partner who, for any of a number of very good reasons, do not see themselves converting to Judaism, at least in the foreseeable future, can be very comfortable about supporting the Jewish partner's religious identity, living in a home that identifies with a welcoming Jewish community and bringing up Jewish children. When it is set that making a commitment to a Jewish future, we are honored by your fiancée / fiancé Mitzvot. The goodness in their heart to their partner in marriage, and also to the Jewish community they chose to take part in. Such a couple, in my opinion, should not be rejected, but welcomed and blessed.
This interfaith wedding rabbi will be honored to be with the couple under the Chuppah for their interfaith wedding as their sole Wedding Officiant. I will support, guide and be available for any questions that arise.
Your Jewish wedding ceremony can be any size, months in advance or after the 24-hour state law requirement of your marriage license. It can be a formal or informal setting, small or large wedding ceremonies; outdoors, indoors, the beach wedding. I will be happy to travel to perform your wedding anywhere in the United States; Chicago, Texas, California, North Carolina, Florida to name a few states and everywhere else in between. You can have your destination Jewish wedding in the Caribbean, Mexico on cruise ships when in port. I reside in Westchester County, New York and cover the Metropolitan area; New York (including New York City-Manhattan), Queens, Brooklyn and the surrounding locations in Westchester County, Connecticut, Long Island and New Jersey. Have Questions; Need Additional Information - Click Here
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