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While ketubot (marriage contracts) are usually written in Aramaic, Karaite ketubot are written in Hebrew. They are often pentagonal in shape, most often with a pointed bottom. This example has a…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Chufut-Kale, Russian Empire (Hora Chufutkale, Ukraine)
Date:
1719
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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…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Padua, Venice (Padua, Italy)
Date:
1732