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About
Ketubah
Ketubah is variously spelled as ketuba, kettuba, katubah, or katuba. Ketubah
is a significant part of a Jewish wedding ceremony. It serves as the official
marriage contract signed by both the bride and the groom. Ketubah is the
necessary document that will give the woman her legal privileges as far
as properties are concerned. The contract is enforced the moment the husband
is no longer present for reasons like death, leaving, or divorce. Ketubah
is the only Jewish marriage contract that is recognized as lawful in the
state of Israel in cases of Jewish divorce. If either of the partners
fails to meet the terms and conditions as stated in the contract, then
they can be taken to a civil court and take full responsibility of their
actions.
History of Ketubah
In the ancient times, rabbis insisted on two couples marrying to enter
into ketubah, a special marriage agreement, as a form of protection to
the wife. It can be used as a replacement to the biblical dower or bride
price, which is payable at the time of marriage by the groom to the bride
or her parents. The ketubah indicates that the amount, which is supposedly
due to the bride during the wedding, becomes payable in the event of the
death of her husband or during their divorce. The rabbis discovered that
the biblical bride amount create a major social problem to young men seeking
marriage. Many of them can't marry because they don't have the ways and
means to raise the biblical bride price as stated by the law. And so to
facilitate the marriage of those young men, the rabbis delayed the time
that amount is payable. They adjusted it to the time when man is more
likely to have the sum. This concept is made a part of the ketubah. The
only difference with the two systems is just the time the amount is to
be paid. Ketubah is the predecessor to the wife's present-day entitlement
to protection in the event of the breakup of her marriage. The amount
stated in the Ketubah can also serve as a discouragement to husbands to
keep them from divorcing their wife. Because if the husband does, he would
have to pay the amount indicated in the ketubah to his wife.