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Ketubah with a Depiction of Jerusalem
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This ketubah (marriage contract) from Padua, Italy, marks the marriage of Samuel ben Gerson ha-Kohen me-ha-ḥazanim (“of the cantors,” or Cantarini) and Colomba bat David Aziz. The groom was a…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Padua, Venice (Padua, Italy)

Date:

1732

Subjects:

Ketubot, Illuminated manuscripts, Marriage, Family, Profession

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture
Page of Aramaic text surrounded by many images and decorations, including zodiac symbols, scenes of figures and animals, cherubs, Hebrew words around margins, and vines and flowers.
According to the Torah
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According to the Torah, a man can acquire a woman in one of three ways: Through a document, through silver, or through intercourse. God is the one that gives a prudent wife. In truth, one must begin…

Contributor:

Judah Alkaletz

Places:

Algiers, Ottoman Empire (Algiers, Algeria)

Date:

Early 17th Century

Subjects:

Women, Marriage, Ketubot, Dowries, Divorce

Categories:

Literature, Biblical Poetry, Rabbinic Law