ketubah

Noun

Meaning

ketubah (plural ketubahs or ketubot or ketuboth)

A traditional Jewish marriage contract that outlines the rights and responsibilities of the groom in relation to the bride.

Examples

Grossman, 226. Rabbi Meir of Rothenberg also ruled that a battered wife could petition a rabbinical court to compel a husband to grant a divorce, with a monetary fine owed her on top of the regular ketubah money. Source: Internet

It is used in synagogue and in documents in Jewish law such as the ketubah (marriage contract). Source: Internet

It may also be noted that both the dower and the ketubah amounts served the same purpose: the protection for the wife should her support cease, either by death or divorce. Source: Internet

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