Honoraria for Rabbinic Services
The honoraria rates are all adjustable based on financial circumstances. I will never turn away a family in need due to financial circumstances.
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Please make your payment out to Rabbi Dov Gartenberg. Since this is payment for rabbinic services, it is not a tax-deductible expense.
The honoraria rates do not include reimbursement for travel expenses for long-distance destinations.
$360
Birth Ceremonies
Officiation of Brit Milah (not including the Mohel) Simchat Bat and Pidyon Haben Ceremonies.
$1,500
Wedding Ceremonies
Wedding officiation including 2 prenuptial counseling/wedding planning meetings.
$1,500
Funeral and Burial Services
This includes helping the family to organize the funeral and burial rituals, support for the family during grief, organizing the Shivah rituals as requested by the family. This can include the unveiling and other rituals associated with death and mourning.
$1,200
Conversion
Conversion mentorship and oversight of conversion process and participation in the Living the Jewish Year Program. Free Enrollment in EJE program.
$150*
Divorce
I facilitate a rabbinic divorce ritual in coordination with the RA Divorce Beit Din in Los Angeles overseen by Rabbi Daniel Shevitz.
*This does not include a fee for preparing the Get to be paid to the Rabbinical Assembly Beit Din.
$100/hr
Rabbinic Counseling
Conversion mentorship and oversight of conversion process and participation in the Living the Jewish Year Program. Free Enrollment in EJE program.
$75/hr
Bar / Bat Mitzvah Preparation
I defer to synagogues in most cases but will consider tutoring after consultation with the family. I do not officiate at private ceremonies at the current time.
My rabbinic services are currently provided outside any Jewish institution or organization. When I was a congregational rabbi, I provided life cycle services to members as a benefit of membership in the congregation. Currently, I receive from families a rabbinic honorarium for my time and services. My rates reflect the average amount of time I assist families, my extensive rabbinic experience, and my seminary and continuing education.