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For many brides and grooms, the ketubah signing that precedes the veiled walk down the aisle has a bit of mystery about it. They may not be sure exactly what the ancient Aramaic text says, but the ...

When Sherry Ostroff asks her husband to do a particularly loathsome chore, he has a ready-made excuse. “That’s not in the ketubah.” Like other Jewish couples, the Ostroffs, of Manheim Township, signed ...

The ketubah has always been an integral part of a Jewish wedding. The marriage contract details the husband’s obligation to his wife and is designed to protect her if they get divorced or he dies.

When Tsilli Pines was planning to wed in 2005 and couldn’t find a ketubah (the official Jewish marriage document), that reflected her own taste, she rolled up her sleeves and made one herself. The ...

Invited guests were instructed to write down their blessings for the couple. A wedding co-officiant then collected the blessings and hung them from the poles of the huppah. Julie Plaut Warwick and Ben ...

Ketubahs or Jewish marriage contracts can be found at nearly every Jewish wedding ceremony as they are among the standard, just like the chuppah and the glass cup broken at the end of the ceremony. To ...

Couples entering a second marriage often draw up a prenuptial agreement between them prior to their marriage in which they define the division of their property in the event of a separation or death ...

What do you do with a ketubah, or Jewish wedding contract, after a divorce? That question took on urgency after my partner Naomi and I moved from her home in Westchester County, NY to a condo north of ...

"It was fun to do," the celebrity jeweler tells PEOPLE exclusively of his new Neil Lane Ketubah designs Neil Lane loves to find the deeper purpose in everything that he puts his name on. "Everything ...

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