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Rabbi Deborah Reichmann (www.rabbideb.com) officiates weddings, bar/bat mitzvahs, baby namings and other life-cycle events in and outside the Washington, DC metro area. She specializes in creating custom services to reflect the unique aspects of your life.

Located in the DC metro area, Rabbi Deb is the officiant for you! She works with Jewish, interfaith, multi-cultural and same-sex families to craft events and rituals that are meaningful, spiritual and welcoming.

Ordained in January 2012 from the Jewish Spiritual Leaders Institute, Rabbi Deb was trained as a post-denominational rabbi. Her rabbinic formation included learning from Jewish Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist and Humanist movements. She blends these teachings to present a modern Jewish world-view that is rooted in tradition but adapted to 21st century sensibilities. Rabbi Reichmann is the rabbi and Jewish Spiritual Leader at the Interfaith Families Project (iffp.org), a 30 year old interfaith congregation in the DC Metropolitan area. She is a member in good standing of the Washington Board of Rabbis and the Union of Jewish Universalist Communities.

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Frequently asked questions

Which of the following are included in the price of your wedding officiant services?

Premarital Counseling

Does starting price include the ceremony rehearsal?

No

What is the starting price for ceremony rehearsals?

$150

What is the starting price for pre-marital counseling (per session)?

$125

What types of weddings and events do you provide services for?

Interfaith
Vow Renewal

What services do you provide?

Premarital Counseling
Bilingual

What religious affiliations do you serve?

Agnostic
Jewish
No Denomination

On average, how long are wedding ceremonies you officiate?

Less than 30 mins.

In which states are you licensed?

DC
GA
MD
NY
PA
VA

What languages do you speak?

English
Spanish

Reviews of Rabbi Deborah Reichmann

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Michelle Sent on 10/10/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Best officiant ever!

Rabbi Debbie is simply the best- she not only led a beautiful ceremony catered to our wants and needs, but also is an amazing person and we had a joy getting to know her. We got many compliments on what a beautiful ceremony it was. If you’re looking for a flexible, progressive Rabbi she is the one!!
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Maxine Sent on 07/28/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Perfect rabbi for our wedding

Rabbie Debbie was the perfect rabbi for our wedding in July 2024. My husband and I are both Jewish but not very religious, and we were looking for a rabbi who would be flexible and accommodating. Rabbi Debbie was a pleasure to work with. In the weeks leading up to the wedding, she held two "counseling sessions" with us over Zoom, during which she was funny and fun to talk to. She also agreed to officiate our wedding on a Saturday evening despite having another wedding that Saturday morning an hour away. We would definitely recommend Rabbi Debbie!
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Abby Sent on 05/04/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Wonderful and professional!

We're so glad we hired Rabbi Deb for our wedding! It was such a pleasure getting to know her throughout the wedding planning process. She's professional and organized, which helped to make our wedding day run smoothly! She was wonderful in guiding us through the different Jewish wedding traditions while helping us to design a ceremony that felt very "us". We absolutely loved our ceremony and it's one of the things that our guests have continued talking about after the wedding! Rabbi Deb is amazing - highly recommend her!
Pamela
Pamela Sent on 12/30/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Rabbie Debbie made our mostly Jewish wedding accessible to an interfaith audience

We were so thrilled to work with Rabbi Debbie for our interfaith (but mostly Jewish) wedding in November 2022. She took the time to explain each Jewish tradition during our ceremony, and she met with us several times to get to know us as individuals and as a couple. I deeply appreciated her efforts to make the ceremony and the pre-ceremony events as accessible and as egalitarian as possible.

One of the highlights of our wedding was a private reading of letters we had written to Rabbi Debbie about the things we loved about each other. I would highly recommend her to other couples!
Dan
Dan H. Sent on 07/20/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Fun and thoughtful wedding experience!

Rabbi Deborah was an amazing addition to our wedding experience. Before the wedding, we met with her three times (twice over zoom, once in person) to get to know each other and for her to ask some "rabbi's due diligence" questions (as she called them) to make sure we were having important pre-wedding conversations. She was fun to talk to and had lots of great insight on crafting a hybrid Hindu-Jewish ceremony that my partner and I were after. During the wedding ceremony, her demeanor was fun and easygoing and her messages were beautiful and very thoughtful - exactly what we were looking for. If you're looking for a Rabbi in the DC area, I cannot recommend her enough. Thanks Rabbi Deborah for everything you did for us!
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Lexy Sent on 05/12/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Perfect choice

Rabbi Deb officiated our wedding in national harbor and I couldn’t have asked for a better person to do so. She explained everything really well, got to know us, and was flexible through all our COVID postponements. She’s finds a great balance of honoring different traditions but modernizing where needed. She also does interfaith couples which was helpful for us. Would highly recommend. Photo courtesy of Laura Focus Photography (who was also amazing).
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Jessica Sent on 07/17/2021
5 out of 5 rating

Exactly who we were hoping for!

Rabbi Deb officiated our interfaith wedding and was respectful, welcoming, well-spoken — exactly what we were hoping for. She was patient with family requests and made the ceremony inclusive for both sides of the family. She found just the right words to recognize historical traditions while also bringing them into the present with an emphasis on equality and diversity as foundations for a marriage. Absolutely recommend her without reservations. Thanks Rabbi Deb!
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Hannah Sent on 06/18/2021
5 out of 5 rating

Wonderful Experience

We are an interfaith couple, (Jewish & Episcopalian) and we wanted to respect both religions and traditions in our wedding ceremony. Rabbi Debbie met with us multiple times before our wedding to get to know us on a very personal level and help us curate a ceremony that would be beautiful, spiritual, and inclusive. We were incredibly happy with the result. Rabbi Debbie helped us select meaningful readings from both the Old and New Testament, explained the Jewish prayers and symbolism to our guests, and gave a perfect sermon about the beauty of love and marriage. Additionally, she was very sweet and easy to work with. Her relaxed demeanor put us at ease, and we feel so lucky to have had her officiate our wedding.
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Derek Sent on 07/25/2018
5 out of 5 rating
Rabbi Deb was the perfect officiant for our wedding. Our wedding was a destination wedding for practically everyone except for us and we needed an interfaith service. It was important to me to have someone that would represent the virtues of both my faith, Judaism, as well as my wife's, Christianity. Rabbi Deb was able to do just that. She is clearly well versed in the customs of both faiths and was able to present us with a myriad of options in making our ceremony truly unique. Due to transportation issues, she was able to meet with us via Skype, and, although, we had never met in person, my wife and I both felt like we had known Rabbi Deb for years! She truly was everything we wanted in an officiant.
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Barry Sent on 07/02/2018
5 out of 5 rating
Rabbi Deb recently officiated our wedding - and she was such a joy to work with. The pre-wedding meetings were interesting - Rabbi got to know us - we got to know her. We discussed the format of the ceremony - and Rabbi offered numerous ideas - she was flexible to our needs - always ensuring the important rituals were in place. Having a combined 5 children, Rabbi made it possible to ensure everyone was included. During the ceremony, she spoke beautifully - brought out the true emotion of the occasion - was a wonderful experience. Thank you Rabbi Deb for making our wedding so special!!
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Awards

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WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2017 Winner

Professional Network & Endorsements

2 Endorsements
Rabbi Ken Hahn Rabbi Ken Hahn Wedding Officiants

Rabbi Reichmann has great energy, a wonderful presence and vast knowledge of Jewish practice. She’s an amazing rabbi and a wonderful colleague.

Deep South Rabbi - Rabbi Barry Altmark Deep South Rabbi - Rabbi Barry Altmark Wedding Officiants

Rabbi Debbie gives her couples only the best. She works with them, she customizes their ceremony until it reflects them.

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