The Joining of Hearts and the Building of a Home

“From every man and woman there emanates a light that reaches directly to heaven. And when two souls destined to be together find each other, their individual lights join as one, as a single shining beam issuing forth from their united spirit.”
- The Baal Shem Tov

Mazel Tov on your engagement and upcoming wedding.  The Temple Isaiah community is excited to celebrate with you and accompany you on your journey.  Temple Isaiah’s clergy look forward to celebrating this sacred milestone with you. 

When you celebrate a wedding, there are so many things to plan.  Before you set a date, it is helpful to contact the Rabbi or Cantor who you wish to have officiate.  If you have already set a date.  We welcome you to contact us but it is possible we may not be able to accommodate your needs.

 In addition to planning the ceremony it is important to plan the marriage!  The Rabbis and Cantor wish to meet with you before your wedding to get to know you, to help you create your wedding ceremony and to also help you work through some of the challenges that you will face together.

 We encourage you to learn as much as possible about a Jewish wedding ceremony.  Below are some resources to help you.

 If you are interested in having our clergy officiate at your ceremony, please contact Gail Minkow at gail@templeisaiah.com or by phone at 310-277-2772.

Making Marriage Work:

Before a wedding couples often spend so much time trying to plan all the details of the wedding from the caterer to the photographer to the details of the ceremony.  We call this planning a wedding.  It is also important to plan a marriage.  In addition to meeting with a couple before the wedding our clergy recommend a seminar called Making Marriage Work.    This seminar is offered by the American Jewish University.  “Making Marriage Work classes provide a safe, open environment in which couples learn to share, develop and enrich intimate, loving relationship.” 
For more information click here.

Suggested Resources:

-"The New Jewish Wedding" by Anita Diamont

-"The Creative Jewish Wedding book" by Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

-"Meeting at the Well: A Jewish Spiritual Guide to Being Engaged" by Daniel Judson and Nancy H. Wiener

-"Inside Intermarriage: A Christian Partners Perspective on Raising a Jewish Family" by Jim Keen