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ketubah
[ Ashkenazic Hebrew, English kuh-too-buh; Sephardic Hebrew kuh-too-bah ]
noun
- 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
- Judaism the contract that states the obligations within Jewish marriage
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ketubah1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ketubah1
Example Sentences
She also adapted her Jewish wedding contract, known as a Ketubah, with her husband, Jeff Green, to remember her brother.
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.”
His palms were warm and rough, a startling contrast to his long, agile fingers, the fingers of a scribe or ketubah painter.
Its bright colors remind me of the Ketubah hanging in my parents’ bedroom.
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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