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B'rit Ahuvim – Lovers' Covenant

An alternative to the ketubah which explicitly rejects the language of kinyan (acquisition) in favor of the mutual language of covenant. See article on the Ketubah. [more]

Found In: Weddings & Commitment Ceremonies

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Trans/Gender Queer Jewish Wedding Service

A ritual template for creating a Jewish wedding service that celebrates gender and sexual diversity [more]

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Ketubah (Wedding Contract)

An article about the ketubah, or wedding contract, which describes its history, new ketubot, egalitarian ketubot, and alternatives to the ketubah. [more]

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Conservative Ante-Nuptial Agreement

A Conservative version of an agreement between the bride and groom to abide by the decision of a rabbinic court in the event of divorce, thus abrogating the situation of agunah, a "chained woman" whose husband refuses her a religious divorce. [more]

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Lieberman Clause

Meant to be appended to the traditional ketubah and written in Aramaic by the late, great Rabbi Saul Lieberman, this clause requires the husband to grant a religious divorce (get) to his wife, should the marriage dissolve. This clause is usually used by Conservative Jews instead of the Orthodox pre-nuptial agreement. [more]

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Orthodox Prenuptial Agreement

An agreement signed by the bride and groom prior to the wedding which abrogates the situation of a recalcitrant husband who refuses his wife a religious divorce [more]

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Orthodox Ketubah

Text of the standard, traditional ketubah in Aramaic and English [more]

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Egalitarian Ketubah

An example of a halachic (sanctioned by some interpretations of Jewish law) ketubah drawing on precedent from ancient text [more]

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New Ketubah

Example of an egalitarian/personalized ketubah [more]

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