Interfaith Rabbi

07/01/2023

My spiritual teacher who helped me see the beauty in the Jewish tradition and appreciate and celebrate the different traditions. Acknowledging similarities and celebrating our differences! Diversity is our gift! Reb Zalman’s 9th anniversary of his passing …. I’m so grateful to have been able to study and learn from such an important teacher in Jewish spirituality.

A personal tribute to my rebbe, Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi zt"l on the occasion of his 9th yahrzeit, 5 Tamuz, 5783 - June24, 2023. A collection of his orig...

09/12/2021

For over 2000 years, Spanish and Persian(Mizrachi) Jewish ancestry have been celebrating the Jewish New Year by incorporating a unique symbolic meal known as a ‘seder’ into their Rosh Hashanah friends and family gatherings. However, this ritual tradition is not well known amongst American and Eastern European Jews.
The traditional Sephardic Seder includes symbolic foods, intentional blessings for the New Year and storytelling. A seder is a Jewish home ritual blending cultural traditions, food, song and storytelling. Most known is the Seder on 1st and 2nd night of Passover.
But wait! There are more than one type of seder in the Hebrew Calendar and Rosh Hashanah is one of them.
Rabbi Gershon Steinberg-Caudill is the rabbi for The Jewish Interfaith Wedding Network, an online community of couples, families and anyone interested in Jewish culture and tradition. Our mission is to nurture Jewish and Interfaith awareness through developing mixed family life cycle ceremonies and practices, intercultural celebrations and holiday family gatherings.
Yehudit Steinberg Caudill is the founder and director of programming for JIWN. She’s a creative educator specializing in helping the community incorporate rituals, customs and traditions into soulful experiences. Having worked with individuals, couples and families for the past 20 years creating their lifecycle and holiday events.

COME CELEBRATE AND LEARN WITH US ON ZOOM!

When you register, you receive the Rosh Hashanah Seder PDF download

Gather specialty foods and join us live on Zoom to experience this new ritual

Zoom Link and password will be provided by email prior to the event

Come and learn about the Jewish Rosh Hashanah practices at our special event, our First Annual Rosh Hashanah Community Seder on Zoom, A Spanish (Sephardi) and Persian (Mizrachi) Jewish New Year tradition.
Experience a whole new way to celebrate the Jewish New Year with intention.

Registration on Eventbrite.
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09/11/2021

WHAT IS TZEDAKAH AND WHY IS IT A NEW YEAR’S TRADITION?

Tzedakah is not just about charitable contributions, but about justice and righteousness.
The word tzedakah means “righteous behavior” and is often paired with justice. In Jewish thought and tradition, material support for those in need is not a matter of charity, but a requirement to show concern for those in times of need.

Come and learn about the Jewish Rosh Hashanah practices at our special event, our First Annual Rosh Hashanah Community Seder on Zoom, A Spanish (Sephardi) and Persian (Mizrachi) Jewish New Year tradition.

COME EXPERIENCE A WHOLE NEW WAY TO CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR WITH INTENTION

When: September 7, 2021
Time: 6p PDT /6p MST/ 7 MDT / 8 CDT / 9EDT

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09/10/2021

TASHLICH… CAST LAST YEAR’S MISTAKES AWAY

A Rosh Hashanah ritual for the whole family done on the first day of Rosh Hashanah in the afternoon. Jews traditionally proceed to a body of running water, preferably one containing fish, and symbolically cast off their “sins” (ways we missed the mark). This ritual is a forgiveness ceremony as we throw away what must go and be able to allow for a clean slate for the coming year.

COME EXPERIENCE A WHOLE NEW WAY TO CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR WITH INTENTION

When: September 7, 2021
Time: 6p PDT /6p MST/ 7 MDT / 8 CDT / 9EDT

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09/09/2021

WHY DO WE BLOW THE SHOFAR ON JEWISH NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS?

On Rosh Hashanah we awake from our spiritual slumber. The shofar is like an alarm that calls on us to examine our deeds and correct our ways, as we reconnect our inner and outer worlds. We thus blow the shofar on Rosh Hashanah to remind us to examine our deeds and contemplate how we can improve them. Teach your children the traditions of their ancestors and make it relevant for these times.

COME EXPERIENCE A WHOLE NEW WAY TO CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR WITH INTENTION

When: September 7, 2021
Time: 6p PDT /6p MST/ 7 MDT / 8 CDT / 9EDT

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09/08/2021

HONEY CAKE FOR A SWEET ABUNDANT NEW YEAR!

Honey is potent stuff in the Jewish world. Since ancient times, it has been a powerful metaphor for love, hope and promise, and it is the key ingredient of the iconic honey cake, which retains its High Holiday status to this day.

Both Eastern European and German Jews brought their own versions of honey cake when they immigrated to the U.S. You’ll find variations ranging from dense and chewy to the extraordinarily light and multi-layered cake. People today make their family honey cake recipes. In our home baking offerings, we’ve created a honey cake that is both a bit dense and moistened with applesauce and sweet dark raisins.

COME EXPERIENCE A WHOLE NEW WAY TO CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR WITH INTENTION
When: September 7, 2021
Time: 6p PDT /6p MST/ 7 MDT / 8 CDT / 9EDT

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09/07/2021

COME EXPERIENCE A WHOLE NEW WAY TO CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR WITH INTENTION

When: September 7, 2021
Time: 6p PDT /6p MST/ 7 MDT / 8 CDT / 9EDT

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09/07/2021

WHY DO JEWS EAT HONEY ON THE JEWISH NEW YEAR?

IT'S A TRADITION!

It’s an age-old tradition to dip honey into apples on Rosh Hashanah. This symbolizes the wish for a sweet year ahead.

One seemingly obvious reason he doesn't mention is that honey was the sweetener of choice in biblical times; neither sugar nor maple syrup were known to the ancient Israelites. Honey, on the other hand, is at least as old as written history; it was mentioned in Sumerian and Babylonian cuneiform writings, and other ancient texts going back 4,000 years.

COME EXPERIENCE A WHOLE NEW WAY TO CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR WITH INTENTION


When: September 7, 2021
Time: 6p PDT /6p MST/ 7 MDT / 8 CDT / 9EDT

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09/06/2021

THE HOSTS OF OUR ROSH HASHANAH SEDER
Rabbi Gershon Steinberg Caudill is from the Spanish Portuguese Jewish tradition. He’s been celebrating the Yehi Ratzon Rosh Hashanah Seder for many years in our Berkeley community. This year we’re bringing this well received ritual to our friends and family near and far away with the marvels of technology we’ve become accustomed to during these past 18 months of the pandemic. He’ll be leading us through the Seder guide, which each participant receives ahead of time, to familiarize themselves with the foods and blessings. Yehudit brings her knowledge of Jewish Life rituals, event planning, content creation and online live video to the event.

COME EXPERIENCE A WHOLE NEW WAY TO CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR WITH INTENTION

When: September 7, 2021
Time: 6p PDT /6p MST/ 7 MDT / 8 CDT / 9EDT

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09/05/2021

WHY DO JEWS EAT ROUND CHALLAH WITH RAISINS ON ROSH HASHANAH?

CHALLAH (pronounced halla) is a delicious egg twisted bread served every Friday night during the year to begin the 26 hr Shabbat (Sabbath) Friday night to Saturday sundown. During the Rosh Hashanah holidays we change the shape from a loaf shape to round.
The roundness of the bread symbolizes the never-ending cycle of time and the sweetness of the raisins symbolizes the hope that the coming year will be a sweet one.

At our Rosh Hashanah Seder we’ll be incorporating both the traditions from the European Jews and Sephardic (Spanish heritage), to acknowledge both ancestry in our family.

COME EXPERIENCE A WHOLE NEW WAY TO CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR WITH INTENTION

When: September 7, 2021
Time: 6p PDT /6p MST/ 7 MDT / 8 CDT / 9EDT

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09/04/2021

SEPHARDIC JEWISH NEW YEAR GREETING

Anyada Buena, Dulse i Alegre!
Sephardim greet each other with the Ladino expression Anyada Buena, Dulse i Alegre (“May you have a good, sweet and happy New Year”) or a Hebrew greeting.

Since biblical times, Jewish people have been spread throughout the world and have adopted similar but different traditions to celebrate holidays and festivals. The differences are related to the ethnic culture of the country in which they live, food, clothing, rituals. A large population have lived in Spanish countries and are called Sephardic Jews. They have similar but different customs from the well known Eastern European Jewish ancestry.

Did you know that Sepharadim (Spanish Jews) hold a special Rosh HaShanah seder to usher in the New Year? Complete with symbolic foods and blessings.

COME EXPERIENCE A WHOLE NEW WAY TO CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR WITH INTENTION

When: September 7, 2021
Time: 6p PDT /6p MST/ 7 MDT / 8 CDT / 9EDT

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09/03/2021

JEWISH NEW YEAR GREETINGS
Ever wondered what to say on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, when you meet a Jewish person? The Jewish New Year is not just about vowing to lose weight or work out at the gym.

Rather, it’s a time of reflection and make amends for where we missed the mark during the past year. We reset our clock and start over again. Looking inside ourselves, taking a look at what we want to become in this new cycle. It’s our time to reset our path forward.

Jewish greetings for this time of year (the Jewish New Year is in the fall) reflect our prayers for a good, sweet and abundant year up ahead. The greeting is Shanah tovah which means “Good Year”.

COME EXPERIENCE A WHOLE NEW WAY TO CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR WITH INTENTION

When: September 7, 2021
Time: 6p PDT /6p MST/ 7 MDT / 8 CDT / 9EDT

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09/02/2021

WHAT DO WE EAT AT A ROSH HASHANAH SEDER?
There are 10 foods we’ll be eating to symbolize our hopes, dreams and prayers for a sweet new year. Many of these foods were specifically chosen because their Hebrew names are related to other Hebrew words that convey our wishes for the coming year. An accompanying affirmational blessing or prayer is recited, expressing our wishes inherent in these words and foods. Recite each prayer while holding the particular food in the right hand, immediately before it is eaten.
*Dates *Beans * Pumpkin *Pomegranate *Apple *Honey to name a few foods we’ll be blessing.

COME EXPERIENCE A WHOLE NEW WAY TO CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR WITH INTENTION

When: September 7, 2021
Time: 6p PDT /6p MST/ 7 MDT / 8 CDT / 9EDT

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09/01/2021

WHAT IS A ROSH HASHANAH SEDER?
For over 2000 years, Spanish and Persian(Mizrachi) Jewish ancestry have been celebrating the Jewish New Year by incorporating a unique symbolic meal known as a ‘seder’ into their Rosh Hashanah friends and family gatherings.

However, this ritual tradition is not well known amongst American and Eastern European Jews.The traditional Sephardic Seder includes symbolic foods, intentional blessings for the New Year and storytelling. A seder is a Jewish home ritual blending cultural traditions, food, song and storytelling. Most known is the Seder on 1st and 2nd night of Passover.

COME EXPERIENCE A WHOLE NEW WAY TO CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR WITH INTENTION

When: September 7, 2021
Time: 6p PDT /6p MST/ 7 MDT / 8 CDT / 9EDT

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08/31/2021

ROSH HASHANAH COMMUNITY SEDER ON ZOOM
A Spanish (Sephardi) and Persian (Mizrachi) Jewish New Year Tradition

COME EXPERIENCE A WHOLE NEW WAY TO CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR WITH INTENTION

When: September 7, 2021
Time: 6p PDT /6p MST/ 7 MDT / 8 CDT / 9EDT

For over 2000 years, Spanish and Persian(Mizrachi) Jewish ancestry have been celebrating the Jewish New Year by incorporating a unique symbolic meal known as a ‘seder’ into their Rosh Hashanah friends and family gatherings. However, this ritual tradition is not well known amongst American and Eastern European Jews.

Join us for a live zoom event as we celebrate the start of the Jewish New Year with a meaningful New Year's ritual.

COME EXPERIENCE A WHOLE NEW WAY TO CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR WITH INTENTION

When: September 7, 2021
Time: 6p PDT /6p MST/ 7 MDT / 8 CDT / 9EDT

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05/08/2020

HAVE YOU SIGNED UP YET?
Here's the link to get the invite to Rabbi Gershon's weekly teachings on Saturdays

Can't make it, but want the teachings? Sign up and we'll put you on the list to be notified about the replays... every session recorded so you can get the teachings, even if you can't make the live teachings

Sign up here:
https://www.yehuditsteinberg.com/torah-talk

Every Saturday, you are invited to a Zoom Meeting. This interactive private group is discussing the Torah Reading for the week, and how it applies to our modern daily lives.

04/23/2020

02/04/2020

😍PLANNING A JEWISH OR INTERFAITH WEDDING? 😍

👨‍❤️‍👨💑Join us in February for our workshop that answers all your basic questions on Jewish weddings. Link over to Eventbrite and get more info and purchase your ticket.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jewish-wedding-planning-101-fe…

👉Don't forget your code for our special intro price: JIWN

11/14/2019

HINDU JEWISH WEDDING⠀
Venue: Ritz Carlton Half Moon Bay CA⠀

This wedding had two separate ceremonies at their event.
👉First ceremony Hindu, under the mandap, you can see in the background.
👉After the Hindu ceremony, short intermission.
👉Jewish groom changed from Indian clothes to a suit
👉the Rabbi and Groom, along with a portable handheld chuppah [Jewish wedding canopy] processed down the aisle and stood under the Indian Mandap.

The Ketubah [Jewish Marriage Document] set on easel under Mandap/Chuppah for Jewish Ceremony. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

11/14/2019

10/14/2019

LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF:
Yehudit [Yahoo - deet] Steinberg here, Rabbi Gershon's partner for the past 25 years.

Several Changes happening for the New Year going forward...

We have decided to bring our wedding and lifecycle ceremonies to the online world and I'll be offering 1-1 consulting helping you plan your wedding and find the perfect officiant for your wedding.

MY SUPERPOWER is Designing Jewish Fusion Weddings…..💃🕺

I help super busy interfaith brides and grooms go from overwhelm to clarity, by helping them design their overall wedding experience, incorporating custom-tailored ceremonies, rituals and family traditions throughout the festivities that are respectful, inclusive and welcoming to both cultures & faiths AND FUN!

Been working with hundreds of couples over the last 18 + years, mainly throughout N. California to include Napa and Sonoma Wine Country, San Francisco and the surrounding areas, Carmel, Big Sur and the Sierra Mts.

Recently relocated to Las Cruces, New Mexico from San Francisco.

💥WOW! What a culture shock!!!💥
👉Everyday is a new adventure.
AND..... I Love 😍 it more everyday...
Live here with my rabbi husband Gershon, my son David and our fur baby Snoop Dawg.

💑👉Really looking forward to helping couples planning interfaith weddings🎉❤️, who want more than a traditional wedding,

👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨 something custom or bespoke that speaks to them personally and has that WOW factor AND incorporates both cultures and faiths seamlessly. 👩‍❤️‍👩

💥P.S. If this sounds like something you are looking for, or know someone who is have them send me a message and we'll arrange a FREE consult. Just click the Send Message button on this page [upper right under cover photo.

✍️📞I usually answer within a few hours....📱

Yehudit Steinberg

💥P.P.S. Rabbi Gershon is semi-retired now, however, does have 4 or 5 spots open for 2020 to travel and perform your wedding. If you are interested, Send me a message and we'll arrange a time to talk.💥

10/11/2019

NEW ETSY STORE PREVIEW!!!

💥Jewish Fusion Weddings is getting ready ....
I'm so excited😃

👉For What?👈

----->🔥Between Thanksgiving and New Years, the largest group of newly engaged couples. 👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨

-----> We have a whole new line of information products....
-----> Plus, our 1 to 1 online consulting is open!

Check out the shop and new carousel banner.

👉If you like what you see, please tap the like button.
It would mean a lot to me... 🙏
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09/30/2019

TO EVERYONE CELEBRATING THE JEWISH NEW YEAR...
and to those who aren't may you have a healthy prosperous 4th qtr...

09/13/2019

Excited to share the latest addition to my shop: Jewish Wedding 101: Resource Guide with Traditions https://etsy.me/2I6sNA1

03/29/2018

Think Grow Love Live

PASSOVER: SPRING CLEANSING FOR THE SOUL JOURNEY
WEDNESDAY Pac / 7P Est

SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW: https://yehuditsteinberg.lpages.co/talk-show/

I'm going to explain how the Jewish traditional holidays are actually a fine tuned ancient Psycho / Spiritual annual system. If followed with this intentionality you have a monthly and seasonal whole being system.

Pesach / Passover is the Spring Cleansing ritual that helps you shed all the things that are not working in your inner and outer life and move forward on a 7 week/ 49 days to your Promised Land, the holiday of Shavout/ Pentacost where the story of Moses receiving the 10 commandments is told.

Rebbe Soul aka Bruce Burger will be my guest and lead us in a few songs that are sung on this holiday at our seders.
CONNECT: http://rebbesoulonstage.blogspot.co.il/

MUSIC PLAYED:
Kol Dodi from Change The World With A Sound ALBUM
Et Dodim from RebbeSoul-O ALBUM

rebbe soul band page: https://www.facebook.com/rebbesoulmusic/
LIVING ROOM CONCERT: Sunday April 1 @ Harmony In Unison Group

PASSOVER: SPRING CLEANSING FOR THE SOUL JOURNEY
WEDNESDAY Pac / 7P Est

SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW: https://yehuditsteinberg.lpages.co/talk-show/

I'm going to explain how the Jewish traditional holidays are actually a fine tuned ancient Psycho / Spiritual annual system. If followed with this intentionality you have a monthly and seasonal whole being system.

Pesach / Passover is the Spring Cleansing ritual that helps you shed all the things that are not working in your inner and outer life and move forward on a 7 week/ 49 days to your Promised Land, the holiday of Shavout/ Pentacost where the story of Moses receiving the 10 commandments is told.

Rebbe Soul aka Bruce Burger will be my guest and lead us in a few songs that are sung on this holiday at our seders.
CONNECT: http://rebbesoulonstage.blogspot.co.il/

MUSIC PLAYED:
Kol Dodi from Change The World With A Sound ALBUM
Et Dodim from RebbeSoul-O ALBUM

rebbe soul band page: https://www.facebook.com/rebbesoulmusic/
LIVING ROOM CONCERT: Sunday April 1 @ Harmony In Unison Group

05/18/2017

Want more information about Rabbi Gershon. Check out his website http://Interfaithrabbi.org . Click the Call Now button in upper right corner and we'll be happy to talk to you about having Rabbi Gershon officiate your wedding, baby naming or celebration of life.

03/22/2017

The Jewish Wedding Now

Anita Diamant has updated her classic book on Jewish Weddings. A must for anyone planning a Jewish wedding

Newly revised and updated, the definitive guide to planning a Jewish wedding, written by bestselling novelist Anita Diamant—author of The Red Tent and The Boston Girl—and one of the most respected writers of guides to contemporary Jewish life.This complete, easy-to-use guide explains ...

01/14/2016

James Harbison posts about Their wedding officiant Rabbi Gershon;
He is a wonderful man. He made our special day perfect and so very meaningful. We will forever cherish him