Our experience with Cantor Barbra and her team for our son’s Bar Mitzvah was absolutely amazing! From the planning and working with our tutor Galia to the actual ceremony with Cantor Barbra, everything was flawless! We can’t wait to start working with them again for our daughter!
Just wanted to thank you again for everything. Last night was amazing! I watched the service again today. It was so great! Luke had an excellent experience for his Bar Mitzvah!!
Thank you for giving us such a beautiful and inclusive service for Ian's Bar Mitzvah on June 13. Your explanations helped ensure that everyone understood the meaning of the service, and you helped us find ways to make everyone have a part.
We appreciate all you did to customize the service for our family, and you have always been so responsive to our questions. Our guests all commented on how special it was.
We also want to express our appreciation to Cammy, Ian's tutor, who always encouraged him and motivated him to do his best.
We are so thankful to Cantor Barbra for such a wonderful service for our son’s Bar Mitzvah. Cantor Barbra gave a beautiful ceremony that felt very warm, intimate, and loving. She was extremely caring, organized and so accommodating with everything involved with conducting a service during a pandemic. The service was everything that we could have hoped for. Cantor Carey was a wonderful tutor who brought humor to every session and made the learning process enjoyable and meaningful. He fully prepared my son for his special day. We look forward to having Cantor Barbra do our younger son’s bar mitzvah in the future.
We just wanted to thank you for all your time and effort ensuring that Parker had a memorable Bar Mitzvah.
As you know, because of the Pandemic it had been almost a year since Parker had been in Hebrew school, and he was a little rusty to say the least. But, with Cantor Carey’s and your conscientious tutoring, Parker felt really comfortable with all the prayers, his Torah portion and everything else he had to do during his ceremony. He did a great job, and we were so proud of him.
As for the service, even though it was a small number of attendees and somewhat informal affair at our home, you made it truly beautiful and meaningful. All of our family members who attended couldn’t stop talking about how perfect the ceremony was.
We feel so lucky and grateful that we engaged you to handle Parker’s big day! And, we’ll be recommending you to any of our friends that are looking for a cantor to lead a Jewish lifecycle event.
We can not recommend Cantor Barbra enough! She was wonderful in officiating both our children’s baby namings. The ceremony was personal, intimate, and inclusive, making the day super special for our family.
Cantor Barbra and Galia are beyond wonderful. Zoe truly looked forward to each lesson with Galia and Cantor Barbra made sure she felt comfortable and at ease with the service before the big day. What a terrific experience working with Cantor Barbra and Galia....our younger daughter is already signed up!!
Cantor Barbra,
We have been so fortunate to find someone like you to have worked with our son and made his Bar Mitzvah something truly special in our home. Both you and his wonderful tutor Estelle made his experience both a warm and enriching one-and that is because of the warmth and caring guidance you provided for him. He worked hard, and learned so much in the process, and we are so proud of him. But the process was a rich and positive one because of you and Estelle.
Thank you again and may the new year bring you peace, joy, and much mazel.
Both of my sons received their Hebrew education from private tutoring through Cantor Barbra. Cammy, their teacher, is not only an incredibly patient educator, but also a lovely, intellectual, and caring person. The in-home (or virtual) sessions fit our packed schedules nicely and the boys could really focus on the material.
Cantor Barbra officiated both boys' bar mitzvah's, the first, a backyard tented "BBQ-Mitzvah", and more recently, a "Zoom-Mitzvah." Each event was so special. We were able to customize everything to meet our children's needs, interests, and what's most meaningful to us. Family and friends continue to rave about how unique, beautiful, and warm the services were.
I highly recommend Cantor Barbra to any family seeking to maintain the heart of old traditions while modernizing the experience to fit our mashgugana lives!
Just want to say again what a wonderful service you did and how impactful it was on all of our lives. It was beautiful and had so much meaning.
The gifts you had were so generous and we were so lucky to have you put such a wonderful event together with Ava.
You taught her so well and she will forever be grateful. So are we!
Thanks again and will send pics when we get them!
Best,
Cantor Barbra
Thank you SO much for the beautiful Bat Mitzvah service on Saturday. I received many compliments and everyone told me how Sammy really shined. I owe it all to you, your beautiful service, gorgeous voice, amazing organizational skills, and fantastic tutor Cammy. I really could not have imagined a better performance. Thank you for preparing Sammy so well for her big day and making it all run smoothly when the day arrived. I am highly recommending you to all my friends and family.
Thank you!!!
Hiring Cantor Barbra was the best decision we made for our son's Bar Mitzvah. From the moment we met Barbra, she was warm, caring, and put everyone at ease. Our tutor, Cammy, was fantastic- I couldn't believe how quickly and how well my son was learning Hebrew. Most of the lessons were done by Skype- and it was so convenient for our hectic schedules. The service was everything we dreamed it would be. Barbra's voice is simply beautiful and everything felt so personal to our family- it was truly a magical day that we will treasure forever. Cantor Barbra and her tutors are extraordinary- I cannot recommend them highly enough!
We cannot express how thankful we are to have worked with Cantor Barbra and Cantor Carey for our son's B'nai Mitzvah. Cantor Carey was incredibly patient and a wonderful teacher. My son was so well prepared and he received so many compliments on his chanting.
Cantor Barbra was so accommodating, especially with all that has happened this past year. She was flexible with scheduling meeting times, lessons and rehearsal. She led a beautiful service and we received many compliments from both family and friends.
Thank you so much for making our son's B'nai Mitzvah so special.
Cantor Barbra,
Thanks again for everything you did for our son’s Bar Mitzvah. The service was amazing, and we truly appreciate the flexibility and time you and Morah Barbara spent tutoring and guiding him to Become a Bar Mitzvah.
We would certainly recommend you to others, especially those looking for a less traditional route for a Bar Mitzvah.
Thanks again and stay safe,
We could not be any happier than we are with our experience with Cantor Barbra. Our second daughter just had her bat mitzvah last month. Cantor Barbra gave a beautiful ceremony and made sure our daughter was completely prepared for her big day. We were just as pleased this time as we were 4 years ago when our older daughter made her bat mitzvah with Cantor Barbra. Thank you for giving both of my girls a great experience while learning all about the Jewish religion.
I wanted to thank you for such a wonderful service. We have been getting so many compliments on how great it was. You made the boys’ day special and it was a pleasure going through this journey with you and Cantor Carey.
Thanks again!
Our daughter Sarah had such a positive experience working with Cantor Barbra's tutoring service. Her teacher Morah Barbara was a pleasure all around and was so supportive, patient and thorough. Sarah was really prepared for her bat mitzvah service and learned a lot through her tutoring both pre-pandemic and during. Despite shifting to a small backyard service due to the pandemic, the ceremony Cantor Barbra conducted was meaningful and special. We were so happy to still be able to celebrate Sarah and appreciate all of Cantor Barbra's expertise.
Cantor Barbra was wonderful and easy to work with! The baby naming ceremony for our daughter was magical and everyone felt connected to the moment. We worked together to create a ceremony that fit our family and these social distanced times, which meant so much to us. It was beautiful! Cantor Barbra has an exquisite voice that lit up the event. Thank you!
Cantor Barbra’s
service for our daughter's Bat Mitzvah was so intimate and personal. She helped our daughter not only learn her Torah portion but have a better understanding of her Jewish heritage. Stella loved her lessons, never complained about meeting with the tutor Galia, or the Cantor and learned how to read Hebrew, chant Torah and while feeling confident to lead a service. I would highly recommend her services.
Cantor Barbra,
My husband and I want to thank you for making this such a special day for Parker. The service was beautiful and couldn’t have been better if held in a temple.
We appreciate the time spent with Parker in guiding him to become a Bar Mitzvah.
Wishing you and your family a happy, healthy New Year and an easy fast.