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“BELOVED” KETUBAH TEXT

This Ketubah witnesses before God and all those present that on the ____ day of

the week, the _____ day of the month ________, in the year _______, which

corresponds to the ______ day of the month ________, in the year _________, the holy

covenant of marriage was entered into in _______________ between the groom

___________________, and the bride ________________________ And each

said to the other:  “I promise to share with you in times of joy as in times of

trouble.  To talk and to listen, to honor and to appreciate you, to provide for

and support you in trust and in love.  I take you to be mine according to

the laws of Moses and Israel.  I promise to share my hopes and thoughts and

dreams with you.  I will work with you to build out lives together.  May

we grow… our lives forever intertwined, our love bringing us closer.  Let

us create a home for us and for our children based on love, on Torah

and on the traditions of our Jewish heritage.  May it be a home

filled with peace, with happiness and with love.”

All other Ketubahs:

This is to certify

 

That on the _______________ day of the

week the __________________ day of the

month of _______________________in the

year 57_________, corresponding to the

_____________of______________  _____

 

The holy Covenant of Marriage

was entered into at  ________________

between the Bridegroom

_________________________

and his Bride

 

___________________________

The said Bridegroom made the following

declaration to this Bride:

 

“Be thou my wife according to the law of

Moses and Israel.  I faithfully promise that I will be

a true husband unto thee: I will honor and cherish

thee: I will work for thee: and provide all that is necessary

for thy sustenance, as even as it beseemeth a Jewish

husband to do. I also take upon myself all such

further obligations for thy maintenance as are

prescribed by our religious statute”.

 

And the said Bride has plighted for her troth

unto him, in affection and in sincerity, and has thus

taken upon herself the fulfillment of all the duties

incumbent upon a Jewish wife.

 

This Covenant of Marriage was duly

executed and witnessed this day according to the

usage of Israel.

 

________________________BRIDEGROOM

________________________BRIDE

________________________OFFICIANT

________________________WITNESS

________________________WITNESS