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ketubah

Jewish marriage contract, in which a groom promises that he will provide for the material welfare of his wife, including provision from his estate in the event of his death or divorce.



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One day a Muslim official in Baghdad would state he never saw a Jewish ketubbah (kt[?
What is in a busby, what is in a top-hat: tall hats, and the politics ... by Nissan, Ephraim / The Australian Journal of Jewish Studies
Satlow argues that the rabbis instituted the ketubbah to "compensate" women for the introduction of the husband's unilateral right to divorce, another rabbinic innovation.
Marriage, old style by Weisberg, Dvora / Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought
Eventually, this would become the modern custom of consecutively performed betrothal, reading of the ketubbah (signed minutes before the betrothal), and, finally, the marriage, with all three ceremonies taking place under the huppah.
Marriages are made in heaven: marriage and the individual in the ... by Stow, Kenneth R. / Renaissance Quarterly
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