Jewish & Interfaith Weddings by Rabbi Robin Sparr Reviews
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4.7 out of 5 rating
4.7 out of 5 rating
18 Reviews
94% recommend it
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User4819109 Sent on 10/18/2019Beautiful Same-Sex Jewish & Interfaith Wedding!
My wife and I were incredibly lucky to have Rabbi Sparr officiate our wedding at Saltwater Farm Vineyard in Stonington, CT. Her bio reads as true as she is. We are a same-sex Jewish and interfaith couple, so it was hard for us to find a Rabbi who would officiant our wedding. After our initial phone call Rabbi Sparr, we knew right away that she was perfect for us. She was responsive, dedicated, detailed, organized and supportive. She had many documents/resources to help us create a meaningful ceremony. She also officiated our Ketubah ceremony with our family and friends.There was not a dry eye in the audience and we absolutely loved our ceremony! Highly recommend! -
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Steven H. Sent on 02/22/2021Rabbi Sparr is a Gem
Rabbi Sparr has wonderful energy and insights. She really made a point to get to know us during preparation and helped really tailor the wedding to our Jewish identity. She was remarkably communicative, organized and helpful as we prepared for the wedding providing detailed documents, reference materials and insights into Jewish traditions.
Additionally, Rabbi Sparr was able to roll with the challenges of planning a wedding during the pandemic and assisted us in ensuring that safety was a top priority. This was part of her and our plan from the beginning and the safety protocols were clear and easy for everyone.
Lastly, we got a number of great comments from guests noting how Rabbi Sparr knew us so well, I think this was due to her nature and process during wedding preparations.
I couldn't recommend her enough, she's great. -
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Megan Sent on 11/01/2018Utterly Impressed
Rabbi Sparr did our wedding on Sunday, October 21st 2018 and she was fantastic.
We had a few meetings with her beforehand and it was very comfortable and she is very open to alternative lifestyles and is very funny.
She even had a tissue ready for me since I was balling like a baby because I was so happy during the ceremony!
What I didn't expect was her singing voice. When she did the Jewish sections she sang so beautifully and It was very special. -
User2450436 Sent on 12/02/2015Rabbi Robin is absolutely fantastic. She helped us to construct a deeply meaningful Jewish-ish wedding that set the stage for the most wonderful event of our lives. People say that, 'cause, lord, one imagines that it is possible and hopes it will happen for them...but for us it was and a lot of credit goes to finding the perfect Rabbi for us.
It turns out just having a Jewish wedding when marrying a non-Jew with no interest in converting is hard to do. We searched for Rabbis and were lucky enough to find someone who exceeded our expectations in every way.
Rabbi Robin was flexible with our busy medical school schedule, meeting with us in an evening at her home and doing video chats for both a first meeting and follow up ones. She took my call in a moment of crisis about a more religious family member not interested in participating in a blessing. She was reassuring and available.
Most importantly, she gave just the right amount structure and support to what was a pretty traditional wedding in all the ways we wanted, a tisch and bedeken (but the women also got scotch), seven blessings, mutual circling, a priestly blessing in Hebrew. But for each choice, which she presented to us at just the right time, we made ourselves. We made changes to the English prayers so that we could both feel them more honestly in our hearts. All of that was felt by our family and friends. They loved the whole wedding but most remarked on the ceremony. Thank you Rabbi Robin for helping us not make it too long.
While some people have wonderful friends who can marry them, and that is 100% the best choice for them, Rabbi Robin was able to create a personal ceremony that felt much bigger than us, it was connected to both of our families and to my Jewish tradition in ways that felt real and important to my partner. -
User756330 Sent on 03/14/2012Cantor Robin Sparr-Rothman conducted my daughters Baby Naming and did a wonderful job! She is warm, caring, has a great sense of humor, and has a beautiful singing voice. It could not have gone any better. I received many compliments on Cantor Robin and the ceremony from all my guests. I would recommend her services to anyone!
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Kimberly Sent on 05/22/2016Rabbi Sparr was absolutely amazing! We found her after we had a failed attempt with another Rabbi to make my husband (who is Catholic) and myself (Reformed Jewish) feel comfortable about having an interfaith wedding. Rabbi Sparr made both of us feel at ease and worked so well with my husbands Priest from his childhood. It truly was a dream to have her and have the ceremony of our dreams. It was so special and unique. Everyone complimented us on how great it was and how it was meaningful to both of us and our faiths. She was calm and collected and had everything under control the day of the wedding. It was perfect and we cannot thank her enough for her guidance and support and look forward to a continued relationship with her. -
User2202926 Sent on 06/29/2015Rabbi Robin Sparr prepared us for and officiated our Jewish wedding ceremony this past April. She was very helpful in learning the customs and traditions involved in a Jewish wedding. Being Roman Catholic and my husband non practicing Jewish we had a lot to learn. Rabbi Robin was knowledgeable and helpful to complete all of the necessary steps leading up to the ceremony and helped us the day of the ceremony as well. She was very open to creating a ceremony that we felt comfortable with by having us pick readings, blessings and words that spoke to us and reflected us as a couple. -
User1325222 Sent on 09/11/2013She created a lovely, personalized, memorable ceremony. She is a wonderful singer. She is expensive, but definitely worth it.
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User2044425 Sent on 02/18/2015Our experience with Rabbi Sparr can be summed up in three bullet points: 1) She did not respond to calls/emails for a month after our initial conversation during which she promised to provide us with a contract; 2) She lost her file on us, and we had to repeat information we already provided her; 3) She failed to show up to our wedding, leaving us on the day of the event scrambling to find a replacement.
Rabbi Sparr started indicating her concern regarding the wedding as the forecast indicated that there would be a blizzard in Boston that weekend. For the record, weather reports indicated the snow would finish in the morning and that the weather would be calm by the time of the wedding, scheduled for 6:30pm. Additionally, all of the other vendors, as well as the venue itself had confirmed that they were all set to go and would allot additional time to arrive if road conditions made it necessary. Rabbi Sparr called our venue, and ended up hanging up on our wedding coordinator, after our coordinator told her that all other vendors planned to be there. By the day of the wedding, it was very clear that Rabbi Sparr was leaning towards not coming to the wedding. We both felt that she had no intention of coming from the initial phone call, as she kept asking about our backup plan. I should note that we had been married in a legal ceremony the prior week so an officiant was ceremonial, which Rabbi Sparr frequently mentioned. Nevertheless this was an integral aspect of our event, and you would imagine that an officiant would not make these sorts of judgments. Rabbi Sparr finally called on the day of the wedding itself to confirm that she would not be coming, citing weather concerns. By that time, the snow had stopped, the roads were clear and the sun was even shining. At no point did any of the other vendors even hint that there would be problems and all of them even arrived early just in case.Jewish & Interfaith Weddings by Rabbi Robin Sparr's reply:
Thanks for your feedback. I'm so sorry that, due to the blizzard and hazardous road conditions that continued throughout the day and evening of your wedding, I was unable to safely drive to your location for your ceremony. This was the only time I've missed a ceremony in over 20 years as clergy. I am so glad to hear that you were able to find someone else to officiate for you.
I’m very disappointed that you feel your overall experience with me was negative, and that so much of your review contains misrepresentations. I never hung up on your planner; on the contrary, I had a pleasant and productive conversation with her. I did assure you early on that your date was secure even though I would be unable to prepare your agreement immediately due to the impending Jewish holy days. Throughout the planning process, I accommodated your ever-changing schedules as much as was possible. I also let you know a few days ahead of time that the weather forecast was dour, and expressed concerns about the date. Although the venue offered you alternate dates because of the blizzard, you proceeded as planned, and I am deeply sorry I could not get to you safely.
I did provide significant counseling and guidance through the many hurdles you both faced in your relationships with your families, friends and with one another, and also with some of your logistics, and strove to do an excellent job. I also did everything in my power to make it possible for your ceremony to take place without me, including sending you the complete word-for-word ceremony and "stage directions" so that another person on site could lead you through the rituals. My comments regarding your already being legally married were to the point that someone other than clergy could step into this role.
Please know that I wish you every blessing and happiness in your marriage, and am genuinely happy that you were able to celebrate the day mostly as planned.
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