Mickie Caspi is an Israeli American artist and calligrapher specializing in Judaica. The owner of Caspi Cards & Art, she incorporates traditional Jewish motifs, Persian and Arabic illumination, and contemporary styles into her original ketubot (marriage contracts), greeting cards, calendars, and art prints. Caspi lives in Newton, Massachusetts.
This rare example of a Roman ketubah (marriage contract) from the seventeenth century was written on the occasion of the marriage of Menahem ben Samuel Zadik to Zevia, daughter of the prominent banker…
To one who honors you, Lord, be just,
And may my sonorous work be blessed.
Dear lord, by your will be it wrought
That out of nothing comes a new Thought.
Let it be pure, proud, faithful…