Posts in : May, 2013 - Orthodox Ketubot
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by Esti HorwitzComments Off on Orthodox Ketubah Tip: Don’t Forget The Border
There’s a lot of subtlety to getting the Ketubah just perfect. Here’s one rule that’s easy to forget:
Ensure that there is enough space between the text and the art. If the art comes too close to the text of the contract, it could be seen as ambiguous (is it this letter, or that letter?). And we must avoid all ambiguity.
This is the reason why, on all of our Ketubot, we ensure that a substantial amount of space is left between the Ketubah art and the Ketubah text.
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by Esti Horwitzposted in BlogComments Off on Yeshiva Bans ‘Hipster’ Glasses
Interesting article: Officials at the Bobover Yeshiva B’Nei Zion school in Brooklyn have written to parents to say they’re outlawing thick-framed retro glasses.
Here at Orthodox Ketubot, we try to balance the line between being traditional and being cool, and I’m surprised that they have found a Halachic justification for banning glasses.
To us, it is self-evident that, say, creating a Ketubah with hipster glasses is going to far, but we don’t know where the Halachah justifies this!
This is, fundamentally, one of the challenges of a deeply decentralized religion, like Judaism.
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by Esti Horwitzposted in BlogComments Off on Haredim Emigrating from Israel?
Now that we’re starting to be drafted into the Israeli military, many Haredim are starting to emigrate from Israel. Hello, 777, New York!
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by Esti Horwitzposted in BlogComments Off on The Leg in the Kuf in V’Kanina
Another essential tip when writing the Ketubah is the word v’kanina (וקנינא). It means, “we have completed the act of acquisition.”
Make sure that the printed Ketubah does not include the leg in the letter kuf in this word. The Rabbi must complete the kuf himself, in order for the Ketubah to be valid and binding.
At Orthodox Ketubot, we ensure that all of our Ketubot are printed without the leg of this kuf, so that your Rabbi can complete it.
