Whats a Ketubah?
It’s a pre-nup. Or just a “nup”. There are all kinds of pre-nups. There are ones that protect the assets of the bride and/or the groom in case of divorce. There are ones that lay out the marriage and how it will work (vows, but codified, witnessed, and signed). There are ones that establish the bona fides of the bride or groom so they can both know what they’re getting into. A Ketubah is a combination of the three. The traditional one, which we will be using (having the wedding done by an Orthodox Rabbi entails certain restrictions), hasn’t changed in centuries, if not millennia. It’s still written in Aramaic, the language the Jews used in Babylonia. The ketubah (literally “that which is written”) is a contract that a man makes with a woman. It details the Jewish husband’s obligation to provide for his wife (it obligates the groom to serve, cherish, sustain, and support the bride) during their marriage and in the event of divorce or death. The primary purpose of the ketubah is to prote
