Ketubah (Bayonne)

In the name of the blessed God. By virtue of the Regulation made and published on the 18th of Sivan, Yr: 5471 [1711], holding those [boys] of the age of 16 years subject to the orders of the…

Let no one cross my threshold, Nor disturb my silence; I no longer wish to hear The noise of people and speech From them I crawled away In tears, into my corner, To listen at last in quiet To the…