Your Jewish Wedding

Rabbi LeighAnn

Welcome to Your Jewish Wedding with Rabbi LeighAnn. Are you planning a Jewish or interfaith wedding? Are you lost on where to even begin planning the ceremony, let alone finding a rabbi to help you?  It doesn’t matter whether one or both of you is Jewish,  you deserve a guide.  Here on this podcast, I can be everyone's rabbi - yours too!  My guests and I will share everything we know to help make your Jewish or interfaith wedding full of tradition AND perfectly yours. Work with me! www.yourohiorabbi.comFind me on Instagram @yourohiorabbiSend your questions to yourjewishweddingpodcast@gmail.comRemember - There is always more learning to do!

  1. My Annual Apology - 5786

    09/30/2025

    My Annual Apology - 5786

    I probably made a bunch of people upset years and years ago - but I can't remember all the details. (There's a reason you're supposed to apologize as soon as you mess up.) Between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur, Jews are called to do an honest accounting of our souls, and to make amends where we can. In this episode, I'll explain that a little more, and why MY apology, however imperfect, is pretty necessary right now.  Links:  Today is not yesterday - https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1612482/jewish/Today-Is-Not-Yesterday.htm Gam Zeh Yaavor - https://www.ansheamunim.org/gam_zeh_yaavor Cheshbon haNefesh https://mussarinstitute.org/cheshbon-hanefesh-3/ Detours and Destinations Podcast https://www.92ny.org/archives/featured-series/detours-and-destinations Epsiode with Rabbi Shira https://www.92ny.org/archives/detours-destinations-rabbi-shira-stutman Rabbi Shira’s podcast https://chutzpod.com/ Don't forget - you can reach me (Rabbi LeighAnn) any time at www.yourohiorabbi.com or everyonesfavoriterabbi.com or rabbileighann.com ! Fill out the contact form there if you'd like to work with me on your wedding. There are SO many options, from Ketubah consulting to ceremony planning. If there's something you have in mind, don't hesitate to ask - I'm here to help! IG: @yourohiorabbi Podcast IG: @yourjewishweddingpodcast Send questions for me to answer on this podcast to: yourjewishweddingpodcast@gmail.com Hope to see you next time! Remember - there is ALWAYS more learning to do! 3 Rabbi LeighAnn

    53 min
  2. 030 - Tenaim (Where Moms Break a Plate)

    04/01/2025

    030 - Tenaim (Where Moms Break a Plate)

    You know about breaking the glass, but what about breaking a PLATE? Welcome to the first LISTENER QUESTION episode of the Your Jewish Wedding Podcast, where I answer Olivia’s question: “I was wondering if you could explain the breaking of the plates by the mothers?” Yes! There is a Jewish custom where the mothers of the people getting married break a plate to “Seal the deal.” (Watch a short video of a plate-breaking I facilitated here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1p9wGz9E92s2LajZY8LAPj07MTcblOiJN/view?usp=drive_link) As with anything to do with Jewish Weddings, there are many explanations for this custom and different ways to do it. It is connected to what was traditionally an engagement agreement called a tenaim.  So, obviously, we need to learn about that first. Show Notes are below. Don't forget - you can reach me (Rabbi LeighAnn) any time at www.yourohiorabbi.com or everyonesfavoriterabbi.com or rabbileighann.com ! Fill out the contact form there if you'd like to work with me on your wedding. There are SO many options, from Ketubah consulting to ceremony planning. If there's something you have in mind, don't hesitate to ask - I'm here to help! IG: @yourohiorabbi Podcast IG: @yourjewishweddingpodcast Send questions for me to answer on this podcast to: yourjewishweddingpodcast@gmail.com Hope to see you next time! Remember - there is ALWAYS more learning to do! 3 Rabbi LeighAnn Text of a egalitarian tenaim example: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a-o-c__kVCmRz2wD-NkOy12NLB324dAAs9YLGxXBOfg/edit?usp=sharing Traditional explanations of tenaim/breaking a plate: https://ohr.edu/ask_db/ask_main.php/2632/Q1/ https://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/49234/why-do-the-mothers-break-the-plate Pieces of the broken plate as auspicious: https://ketubah.com/jewish-wedding-superstitions-segulahs/ Contemporary Tenaim/Plate Breaking Resources: https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/tenaim-the-conditions-of-marriage/ https://ritualwell.org/ritual/dowries-smashed-dishes/

    44 min
  3. 26 - Interfaith/Bilingual Officiant Reverend Mercy

    05/22/2024

    26 - Interfaith/Bilingual Officiant Reverend Mercy

    I interview Reverend Mercy Ibarra, an interfaith/bilingual officiant (and possible MOT?)  in Los Angeles. (Yes, she’s done Jewish weddings. And technicalities aside, she was brought up Catholic.) If you don't want a religious ceremony but your Abuela is NOT happy about it, Reverend Mercy can help! Listen for more on her experience with planning traditional AND innovative/personal ceremonies, hear her take on the Four Questions with Rabbi LeighAnn Lightning Round, and a bonus on babies (!) at the end. Where to find Reverend Mercy Instagram: rev.mercy.ceremonies revmercy.com revmercy@revmercy.com What Reverend Mercy is Reading Now: Bury Me Standing https://www.amazon.com/Bury-Me-Standing-Gypsies-Journey/dp/067973743X Sarah Silverman’s Show: https://g.co/kgs/HP6TS4M The best Matzah Balls in LA: https://www.cantersdeli.com/ The Matzah Balls she hasn’t tried: https://www.langersdeli.com/ The Garcia-Shapiros https://phineasandferb.fandom.com/wiki/Garcia-Shapiro_family ~~~ Don't forget - you can reach me (Rabbi LeighAnn) any time at www.yourohiorabbi.com or everyonesfavoriterabbi.com or rabbileighann.com ! Fill out the contact form there if you'd like to work with me on your wedding. There are SO many options, from Ketubah consulting to ceremony planning. If there's something you have in mind, don't hesitate to ask - I'm here to help! IG: @yourohiorabbi Podcast IG: @yourjewishweddingpodcast Send questions for me to answer on this podcast to: yourjewishweddingpodcast@gmail.com Hope to see you next time! Remember - there is ALWAYS more learning to do! 3 Rabbi LeighAnn

    1h 2m
  4. 25 - Passover Seder Basics (Especially for First-Timers!)

    04/18/2024

    25 - Passover Seder Basics (Especially for First-Timers!)

    Here’s exactly how to plan a QUICK and EASY Passover Seder for first-timers. The most important thing is to start somewhere and to always ask questions! If you’re short on time, go straight to 13:45 One-Sheet Haggadah: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10AMF__xWaP27AZBOUy-EDgMFN1uZq0cO/view?usp=sharing History of the Haggadah: https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/pb-daily/a-brief-history-of-the-haggadah#:~:text=90%20BCE%3A%20The%20first%20ever,%2C%20included%2C%20and%20thereafter%20immortalized. Don't forget - you can reach me (Rabbi LeighAnn) any time at www.yourohiorabbi.com or everyonesfavoriterabbi.com or rabbileighann.com ! Fill out the contact form there if you'd like to work with me on your wedding. There are SO many options, from Ketubah consulting to ceremony planning. If there's something you have in mind, don't hesitate to ask - I'm here to help! IG: @yourohiorabbi Podcast IG: @yourjewishweddingpodcast Send questions for me to answer on this podcast to: yourjewishweddingpodcast@gmail.com Hope to see you next time! Remember - there is ALWAYS more learning to do! 3 Rabbi LeighAnn Here’s exactly how to plan a QUICK and EASY Passover Seder for first-timers. The most important thing is to start somewhere and to always ask questions! If you’re short on time, go straight to 13:45 One-Sheet Haggadah: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10AMF__xWaP27AZBOUy-EDgMFN1uZq0cO/view?usp=sharing History of the Haggadah: https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/pb-daily/a-brief-history-of-the-haggadah#:~:text=90%20BCE%3A%20The%20first%20ever,%2C%20included%2C%20and%20thereafter%20immortalized.

    59 min

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Welcome to Your Jewish Wedding with Rabbi LeighAnn. Are you planning a Jewish or interfaith wedding? Are you lost on where to even begin planning the ceremony, let alone finding a rabbi to help you?  It doesn’t matter whether one or both of you is Jewish,  you deserve a guide.  Here on this podcast, I can be everyone's rabbi - yours too!  My guests and I will share everything we know to help make your Jewish or interfaith wedding full of tradition AND perfectly yours. Work with me! www.yourohiorabbi.comFind me on Instagram @yourohiorabbiSend your questions to yourjewishweddingpodcast@gmail.comRemember - There is always more learning to do!