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Interfaith Weddings & Custom Ketubahs by Rabbi Barry

Interfaith Weddings & Custom Ketubahs by Rabbi Barry

San Clemente, CA
4.9 out of 5 rating, 155 Reviews
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    Bryan C. Sent on 07/17/2023
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    Fantastic Officiant

    We had a non religious ceremony, a small elopement, and wanted to bring it to another level with a memorable ceremony for us. He did such a phenomenal job in the preparation, guiding us through the steps, and the actual ceremony was such a memorable experience. He really knows how to bring weight to the moment and make it feel very special. Highly recommended. It's not every day you get married, and this was a day we'll remember the rest of our lives, especially thanks to this man's special energy and intention behind the ceremony. thanks again, highly highly recommended.
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    Courtney B. Sent on 03/21/2024
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    A Perfect Match

    Within minutes of our first conversation we knew Barry was a great fit for us. We chatted about everything from mindfulness to didgeridoo playing and gained an understanding of Barry's fresh and insightful perspective on a Jewish wedding ceremony. Barry brings a very lighthearted but deep and spiritual energy to existing Jewish tradition.

    We had an inter-faith wedding and despite many of our guests not being Jewish, he did an incredible job making the Jewish traditions relatable and inclusive for everyone. We received so much great feedback from our guests about how special and unique the ceremony felt. And we may have found a few future clients for Barry as well :)

    We went with his custom Ketubah service and the results were amazing. He took inspiration from a lot of meaningful things in our lives and combined them with traditional Jewish ketubah text. We now have a personalized symbolic document and art piece that we will cherish forever.

    We had a themed wedding -"Wild West Disco" - and Barry needed no convincing to dress the part. He brought so much joy and levity to our wedding day.
    Working with Barry for our wedding felt like working with a long time friend. We feel so lucky to have found Barry.
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    Halle K. Sent on 10/11/2022
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    The most heart-felt ceremony

    My husband (I wrote fiancé and then corrected myself!) and I are both secular, spiritual Jews. We wanted our wedding officiated by a Rabbi, but the question was, how do we find one that resonated with our beliefs & values? I found Rabbi Barry from a Google search, and arranged a time to chat. We connected with his interpretation of Judaism and love, and noticed immediately how well-spoken he was. Rabbi Barry is a professional public speaker - his services left hardly a dry eye at the venue (of course, my & my husbands vows didn’t hurt 😉). Multiple guests told us that our ceremony was the best and/or most heart-felt ceremony they’d ever been witness to. There was laughter, tears, and just the perfect balance of spiritual connectedness to our ancestors & Jewishness. He explained traditions to our non-Jewish guests in a beautiful way that I know they appreciated and enjoyed. One of my husband’s friends even joked that he wants to convert now 😂
    It was a history lesson, and a compelling sermon on love, with a pinch of comedy stand-up, all in one. Being able to work on a Ketubah with him was the cherry on top. He was responsive and understanding of how specific of a vision I had, and allowed me to take as much control of the project as I wanted. Rabbi Barry is your one-stop-shop for your Jewish or interfaith wedding.

    Forever grateful,
    Mr. & Mrs. Kohn-Levine 🥰
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    Paige W. Sent on 10/19/2021
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    Kind, Gracious and Responsive

    Rabbi Barry has been exceptionally kind and gracious for my husband and I. Our wedding had some unique opportunities (covid/scheduling etc...) and Rabbi Barry was extremely responsive and helpful through the whole process. Not to mention, he was able to give us recommendations to help with the planning and every step along the way Rabbi Barry was extremely professional.
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    Candace B. Sent on 03/12/2022
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    Perfection

    Rabbi Barry Tuchman had everyone in tears at my wedding! I’m beyond happy to have had Rabbi Tuchman marry my husband and I. And the Ketubah he made us was absolutely perfect and fit our personalities to the tee! Couldn’t imagine anyone else officiate our wedding! Thank you!
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    Nicole R. Sent on 07/17/2021
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    Wonderful Ceremony & Ketubah

    We are so glad that we had Rabbi Barry officiate our wedding and help us make a beautiful, personalized ketubah. My husband is Jewish and I was raised Catholic, so Rabbi Barry helped us create the perfect interfaith wedding ceremony that was focused on us as a couple. He helped us incorporate some jewish traditions and explained each part of the ceremony so our jewish and non-jewish guests could follow along. We had multiple zoom calls prior to the wedding so we all felt comfortable and ready for the big day. We've also received so many wonderful compliments on our ketubah and Rabbi Barry allowed us to personalize it, so it would fit us and our home best. We had a truly wonderful experience and I would definitely recommend Rabbi Barry to any couple looking for an officiant.

    Interfaith Weddings & Custom Ketubahs by Rabbi Barry's reply:

    Thank you Nichol, this means a lot. Your ceremony was a delight to give. Much happiness to you both.
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    Elizabeth S. Sent on 07/07/2021
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    The best officiant for interfaith couples!

    It was an absolute pleasure having Rabbi Barry officiate our interfaith elopement in Jenner, California. The day honestly wouldn't have been the same without him. We even had the honor of meeting his adorable dog and his amazing (and talented) wife.

    Not sure where to get your ketubah? Do yourself a favor and have Barry and his wife custom paint and design a gorgeous one for you! We are completely in love with ours!

    Thank you Barry!
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    Rabbi Barry is Amazing

    I had the pleasure of working with Rabbi Barry for one of my couples at the Montecito Club. He and his wife are the sweetest humans. They designed and created a custom Ketubah for the couple and organized such a beautiful ceremony that included the family's request for Catholic Priest to be present. Barry was so helpful in joining the two faiths beautifully and his communication was very responsive. I highly suggest Rabbi Barry if you're looking for a Rabbi!
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    Tejai P. Sent on 09/03/2020
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    Amazing! Could not have been better!

    As an interfaith couple, catholic and Seikh, somehow not just a Rabbi, but this rabbi seemed to be the perfect match. He did an amazing job bringing both faiths together in the ceremony, and including humor as well as helping us blend both families in a second marriage... not easy but he made it seem that way. Such a wonderful, personal ceremony... could not be happier, and even better our adult children feel the same way. "he was amazing, what a great ceremony he did"
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    Diana V. Sent on 09/12/2020
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    Perfect in every way

    Rabbi Barry Tuchman officiated our elopement and he truly made it so special. He spent the time to get to know us before hand and included our family members in his speech which was a really nice touch. He said such beautiful things at the ceremony which made it even more memorable. He also wore the best mask because you can't even tell he's wearing one in the pictures. We are so thankful he was our officiant. Thank you Rabbi! Photo credit davidmendozaiii.com

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    Connie Sent on 03/17/2020
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    Wonderful officiant

    I cannot say enough good things about Rabbi Tuchman. We are an interracial couple (me-Ashkenazi Jewish but not really religious, my wife Chinese/buddhist). He worked with us on our Ketubah which really captured the essence of our marriage. Likewise, I do not consider myself religious but felt it was important to have Jewish traditions on my wedding. He was really understanding of this and made me feel comfortable. Ultimately, the ceremony turned out wonderfully. I had numerous people come up to me telling me he was the greatest officiant they had seen at a wedding and I agree. Was really a pleasure to have him as a part of ceremony.
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    Stephanie Sent on 01/13/2020
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    Perfect for our day!!

    Rabbi Barry was absolutely perfect for our wedding day - we did a chinese tea ceremony, followed by a catholic wedding ceremony, followed by the jewish ceremony. We wanted a contrast to the formal catholic ceremony, and that was exactly what we got. Our guests LOVED the ceremony, and we got so many comments about how special it was.

    Rabbi Barry also designed our Ketubah, which we adore, it is so nice having a ketubah that really reflects the two of us and our beliefs, instead of the standard, typical ones I've seen from relatives.

    Interfaith Weddings & Custom Ketubahs by Rabbi Barry's reply:

    Thank you Stephanie! I had such a good time working with you and being with your family after an entire day of ceremonies.
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    Kevin K. Sent on 11/18/2019
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    Great Ceremony and Beautiful Ketubah

    Rabbi Barry was great for our “slightly” – Jewish wedding in October of 2019. The groom wanted to hit some notions of his Jewish faith (breaking of the glass, chuppah, and blessings). The bride wanted to honor LOVE and not make her Catholic family uncomfortable. Rabbi Barry achieved both. A quick 20-minute ceremony that had quirks to it was exactly what we wanted for our special day. Rabbi Barry was hilarious and made sure to honor both bride and grooms requests to make the ceremony their own. Additionally, we ordered our ketubah through Rabbi Barry and he did an awesome job at creating a marriage license that was customized to our love of cooking. We can’t wait to have it in our kitchen at our future home.
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    Rabbi Barry is the best!

    My husband and I talked with multiple
    Officiants before hiring Rabbi Barry. Not only is he very communicative but he’s so personable and instantly made us feel comfortable. We are an interfaith couple and knew he was the choice for us. You don’t need to look any further. He is your guy. Even 7 weeks later, our guests have not stopped gushing about how amazing our ceremony was and how hilarious Rabbi Barry is. He had everyone laughing and enjoying themselves. It was beyond our expectations and we couldn’t be happier. We would do it a million times over. You won’t be disappointed. Trust me.
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    Rabbi Barry is everything we could have asked for

    Rabbi Barry Tuchman married my husband and I just a few weeks ago and people are still raving about how wonderful he was. We had an interfaith wedding with Jewish traidtions and I loved how he took the time to explain all of the traditions and what they meant and why they were done. It really made it more interesting for our guests that were less familiar with the customs. Rabbi Barry takes the time to get to know you and your family and your interests, and makes sure to personalize the ceremony, he makes sure that it feels personal, like he's known you for many years. And his Ketubahs are breath taking, we sent him a picture of a design we loved and he NAILED it. I really can't praise him any higher, he is knowledgeable and professional while still approachable and warm. Rabbi Barry truly made our ceremony outstanding.
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    Abby G. Sent on 06/26/2019
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    Best Rabbi Around

    Look no further. Rabbi Barry married us in April of this year and every time we see or talk to one of our guests the first thing they mention is how great the Rabbi was. We had an interfaith wedding. He set the tone for an amazing wedding full of love, great connections, lots of humor, and a greater understanding for the diversity of our families' rich histories and cultures. He was considerate, hilarious, engaging and helped to form connections between all of our guests. He made the ceremony about us and our relationship, and how that relates to the traditions of a Jewish ceremony. Our ceremony was personalized and really reflected us as a couple and as individuals. We plan to ask Barry to officiate all of our future Jewish ceremonies. Barry also designed and personalized our Ketubah and it was exactly what we asked for. It is our most beloved piece of artwork in our home. I wish we could do it all over again and again with Barry as the Rabbi.
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    Heidi S. Sent on 03/25/2019
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    Kind, professional and knowledgeable.

    I really enjoyed our wedding experience with Rabbi Tuchman, he was very easy to work with and provided a lot of details on different ways to create out perfect ceremony. I learned a lot about a Ketubah and I loved the ones he offers. I felt like he was responsive to all my concerns and made sure he was at the wedding on time and just provided the best experience I could want. Thank you Rabbi Tuchman!

    Interfaith Weddings & Custom Ketubahs by Rabbi Barry's reply:

    Thank you Heidi! You both were a delight to work with and I hope to follow up with you both over the years.
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    Kevin G. Sent on 03/13/2019
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    Truly A Wedding With Spirit

    Rabbi Barry created a beautiful ceremony for us. I was raised Jewish but my wife was not. It was important to me to have a Jewish wedding and Rabbi Barry made it amazing. He brought in spirituality and explained the traditional customs. He was funny and sentimental and encouraged us to make our ceremony personal. My mother in law helped decorate the chuppah, he had us bring a picture of our dog to put on the main table, and he created our amazingly beautiful Ketubah. Our guests loved Rabbi Barry as did we. We would highly recommend him.
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    David A. Sent on 08/08/2018
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    From the very beginning communications with Rabbi Barry were easy. We had several meetings prior to the wedding to make our arrangements, all of which were very enjoyable, and left us excited for the big day. These meetings effectively eliminated any surprises on our wedding day. Also, being that neither of us are Jewish, the ceremony was still eloquently executed by Rabbi Barry. He helped us bridge together our interfaith family in a way that could not have been more serene. We can never thank Rabbi Barry enough for leaving us with such a beautiful memory to treasure always.

    -David and Eliza
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    Amazing officiant and ceremony!

    Rabbi Barry co-officiated an Interfaith wedding for us with Father Jerry Bellamy in August and the ceremony was incredibly memorable. We have had many comments on how beautiful it was, and a lot of our guests thought it was one of the best wedding ceremonies they'd ever experienced. The officiants used a perfect combination of humor and sentiment throughout, the passages that were read were on point and highlighted both my Jewish faith and my husband's Catholic faith. I would highly recommend Rabbi Barry for any wedding ceremony. You will not be disappointed! He also designed an incredibly beautiful Ketubah for us.
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    Rabbi Barry created our Ketubah. I have to say it is the most beautiful Ketubah I have ever seen! We were very excited to fully customize our Ketubah with symbols and text that are meaningful to us. It was fun to design the Ketubah in an interactive manner with him; we'd have an idea and he would send us some examples of the digital art. We repeated this process many, many times until we landed on an incredibly meaningful beautiful legal document we will always cherish.
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    I cant begin to describe how grateful I am for rabbi Barry.
    First I would like to say that I am catholic and my husband is Jewish, as you can imagine I was concerned about how this ceremony would play out because of our elders. I wanted to respect everyone involved. Since I am not practicing my religion and my husband is I thought it would be nice to have a rabbi do our ceremony. I found Barry via the interweb and got in contact with him. He made everything easy from the very beginning and I just had a wonderful feeling about him.... fast forward to wedding day and he executed the sweetest ceremony I have ever seen. He did things so warmly. I wish I could tell you what he said exactly but the whole day was a blur. I have no idea what he said but I do remember how he made me feel and that is worth so much more to me. He is marvelous and anyone would be lucky to have him on any occasion that he may be needed.
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    Rabbi Barry helped us to build our wedding ceremony early on in the process, and did an excellent job officiating our wedding. Because ours is an interfaith marriage, there were many guests who had never been to a Jewish ceremony. So many people told us that they loved how Rabbi Barry explained Jewish traditions while adding a unique humor and fun spirit to the ceremony. We are very thankful to Rabbi Barry for making our ceremony such a memorable one!
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    Rabbi Barry is warm hearted spirited Rabbi who did a beautiful job delivering our ceremony to our guests. It was almost like having a story teller entertain everyone yet marry us at the same time. His kind eyes and beautiful soul radiate and put both my groom and I as well as our families at ease. We also had him make our Katubah which was a work of art - it will be treasured forever in our home. He did a wonderful job and we highly recommend him to Jewish and interfaith couples.
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    Stas Sent on 09/11/2017
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    We are beyond grateful to Rabbi Barry! Hire him! My wife and I (and many others) spend hundreds of hours over this past year planning our beautiful wedding. There were hardly any free weekends that we had to ourselves and there were many more nights that we stayed up with the planning into the night compared to the nights that we got to go to bed before 11pm. All of your planning and hard work, comes down to that one single moment when you stand there looking into each other's eyes ready to become united as one. Our guests flew in from all over the country and we even had guests who flew in from as far away as India so you want to make sure that the ceremony is as memorable to your guests as it is to you. Ours definitely was and I cannot tell you how many people came up to us or called us after the ceremony and said that they have never been to a better ceremony.

    We met with a number of Rabbis before finding Rabbi Barry. To us the choice was clear and we even wanted to take Rabbi Barry out to dinner before the ceremony so that we were up there as friends. Rabbi Barry easily caters the ceremony to your liking. We chose to have everything in English since none of our guests spoke Hebrew, and Rabbi Barry used a lot of personal things we told him about ourselves along with beautiful metaphors to make the ceremony not only special but interesting, entertaining and with just the right amount of humor infused.

    Thank you, Rabbi Barry, for making our ceremony as memorable as the rest of our wedding day. Oh... make sure that you use the Rabbi to get your personalized Ketubah. We love ours!
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