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ketubah

[ Ashkenazic Hebrew, English kuh-too-buh; Sephardic Hebrew kuh-too-bah ]

noun

Hebrew.
plural ketuboth, ketubot, ketubos English ketubahs.
  1. the formal contract in a Jewish religious marriage that includes specific financial protection for the wife in the event that the husband dies or divorces her.


ketubah

/ əٳˈː /

noun

  1. Judaism the contract that states the obligations within Jewish marriage
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ketubah1

əٳܲ literally, something written
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ketubah1

from Hebrew, literally: document
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She also adapted her Jewish wedding contract, known as a Ketubah, with her husband, Jeff Green, to remember her brother.

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While Ketubah language typically denotes only a couple’s parentage, their text reads: “Julie, daughter of John and Sheila, sister of John, of blessed memory.”

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His palms were warm and rough, a startling contrast to his long, agile fingers, the fingers of a scribe or ketubah painter.

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Its bright colors remind me of the Ketubah hanging in my parents’ bedroom.

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Best Moon Man The couple signed the ketubah, a traditional Jewish marriage contract, in a room where four astronaut suits were on display.

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