Sara Shonfeld - Rabbi & Interfaith Officiant

ize it in a way that felt authentic and true to us. From our first conversation with Rabbi Sara, it was very clear that she was all about making our ceremony feel very personal and unique to who we are as a couple. She really delivered on that. Though we only met her in person for the first time that day, it felt like we were old friends. She was warm, funny, and thoughtful, and we and our guests loved the energy she brought to our day. We'd highly recommend Rabbi Sara to anyone looking for a Rabbi for their wedding!

e part. Although we’re not very religious, we wanted to embrace all of the different aspects of a Jewish wedding but we also did not want our ceremony to be overly long. We met with Rabbi Shonfeld over a year before our wedding date and she really took the time to get to know us and offered a wide variety of options for the ceremony, essentially à la carte. Rabbi Shonfeld provided us with very thorough explanations of the different religious aspects or traditions we could have in our ceremony if we wanted, whether we wanted to make it more reform, conservative or orthodox. Less than four months before the wedding my mom passed away very suddenly and unexpectedly. Rabbi Shonfeld spent a tremendous amount of time with us to adjust the ceremony to make sure we honored my mom in the best way. She also suggested numerous ways we could do so, and gave examples of things she has done in the past to honor the memory of loved ones during a wedding ceremony. Additionally Rabbi Shonfeld helped us make it so the ceremony honored my mom but also make sure it didn’t feel like a memorial service. Rabbi Shonfeld was very professional and accessible throughout the entire process when working on delivering our perfect ceremony, and providing exactly what we needed and wanted. She took the time to thoroughly explain everything to us so we understood all of our options and the meanings behind the various wedding traditions. My partner and I both agree that we believe the ceremony was our favorite part. Rabbi Shonfeld made it so personal, and the perfect combination of serious and some fun, and she never overstepped in any way or interjected too much. We really cannot say enough great things about Rabbi Shonfeld. She was amazing. Everyone told us how beautiful they thought the ceremony was; Rabbi Shonfeld gave us a ceremony beyond our dreams. We highly recommend you use Rabbi Shonfeld as the officiant for your wedding (she also does interfaith weddings!) Sincerely, Mr. & Mrs. David & Elissa Figueroa

new she was the officiant for us. She friended both my husband and myself on Facebook to help her get to know us. As time got closer, she had us share our similarities and differences, and our favorite qualities about each other. She pieced it all together and sent us a beautiful draft of the ceremony that took my breath away and brought tears to my eyes. As for the wedding day, she reviewed everything with us. The ceremony was absolutely breathtaking. People laughed, people cried. She explained everything in English before saying it in Hebrew. She was lively and you could see her passion behind officiating. Throughout the rest of the wedding, everyone came over to us saying how wonderful the ceremony was and how much they enjoyed it. I had one more religious guest come over to me and tell me that the ceremony was the most beautiful ceremony she had witnessed. You are truly in amazing hands with Rabbi Shonfeld!