Scholarship on Legal document: CUL Or.1080 13.52

Recto, Left Side

1. in error, not drunk and not forced, but with full
2. physical faculties and with full resolve, according to my will, wish and the desire of my soul
3. I married, performed the qinyan and betrothed such-and-such, the young girl,
4. the virgin, daughter of so-and-so to be my wife in purity
5. and holiness, with love and affection, by mohar, writ,
6. witnesses and sexual intercourse, according to the commandment of Moses, the man of God
7. of blessed memory, and according to the custom of Israel, the pure and the holy ones.
8. And I will dress, clothe, support, esteem and respect
9. her, and I will fulfil all her needs and desires to the best of my strength
10. and possibilities. And I will be with her in truth, justice, love
11. and affection, and I will not afflict, act against or oppress her
12. and I will not diminish her food, clothes and sexual intercourse like the children
13. of Israel who feed, support, dress
14. clothe, esteem and respect their pure wives
15. and do all they owe them in faithfulness
16. and honesty. And the mohar that I stipulated and allocated for her is fifty
17. coins of silver, mohar of her virginity. And if she is a widow

Recto, Right Side

1. this custom and to accomplish a pious deed. The Lord, God of your fathers (Ex. 3: 15).
2. The Lord will give strength to His people (Ps. 29: 11). The Lord is blessed for ever (Ps. 89: 53).
3. Ketubba       on the day so-and-so of the week (shabbat)
4. or if you want, of the week (shavūᶜa), on the day so-and-so of the month so-and-so, of the year so-
5. and-so of the era of the Greeks, in Jerusalem, the Holy City, may it be rebuilt
6. promptly. The Mighty God will look in His mercy from His elevated heaven
7. and He will defend zealously the holiness of His name. He will rebuild His temple and His hall, and return
8. His Glory to His throne. He will have mercy of His chosen community and His people, and He will hasten
9. their redemption and dispatch the term of their delivery. He will gather together the dispersed ones of their herd,
10. He will plant them on their land and make them inherit their inheritance. He will fulfil all
11. His hidden news to their remnants soon, Amen.
12. In Selᶜa ha-'Aleph, in Jerusalem, the Holy City, the town of the great king,
13. may God establish it for ever, Sela. On that day came
14. so-and-so son of so-and-so before the elders who sign below in this document
15. and said to them: Be my witnesses, perform with me the qinyan now,
16. write and sign about me, with full rights what I am
17. saying before you. And I am not coerced, not mistaken, not

Right Margin

1. If he is a Kohen, when you write the ketubba begin by: In the name of the Everlasting God. God made him prosper (II Chron. 26: 5). In the Lord they will be justified (Is. 45: 25). For
2. the lips of (Mal. 2: 7). And its priests (Ps. 132: 16). And to the priests, the Levites (Jer. 33: 18). They will come to my Temple (Ez. 44: 16). [If he is a] Levite: Which cannot be counted (Jer. 33: 22).
3. The house of Levi (Ps. 135: 20). Blessed be the Lord from Zion (Ps. 125: 21). And if he is a simple Israelite: I will truly rejoice (Is. 61: 10). [Then our mouth will be filled with laughter] (Ps. 126: 2).

Bottom Margin

1. We were orphans (Lam. 5: 3). The father of the orphans (Ps. 68: 6). The sound of joy (Jer. 7: 34). If she is a divorcee [or] a widow you say: Fear not. You will not be ashamed (Is 54: 4). It will be no more said about you the forsaken one (Is. 62: 4). The day will come (Jer. 31: 5). For the God will save (Ps. 69: 36). The seed of His servants (Ps. 69: 37). Blessed be the Lord (Ruth 4: 14). On the day so-and-so, etc.

Verso, Left Side

1. The joy of the timbrels had ceased (Is. 24: 8). They joy of the heart had ceased.
2. had fallen. You are the just (Neh. 9: 33). Our brother, the groom, when we again return
3. to you, according to the time of life (II Kings 4: 16), you will have a son from this young girl (inspired by Ruth 4: 13). And you, our sister,
4. the bride, at that time, according to the time of life, you will embrace a son (II Kings 4: 16).
5. our sister, you are (Gen. 24: 60). My God, give her. And the God of Israel
6. in His great mercy and compassion will look upon His people, upon
7. His sanctuary and upon His temple. He will shake it of its ashes, he will raise it
8. from its destruction, purify it from its impurity, and He will remove those who insult
9. and those who sweep it away. He will again establish graves around it, and establish
10. the porters in its gates (inspired by II Chron. 23: 19) and the priests on
11. their watches (inspired by II Chron. 35: 2). He will build it as a beautiful building, an established building.
12. a glorious building, a perfect building, a building which will not be eradicated
13. and which will never be destroyed. And he will return His Glory to his dwelling and we shall contemplate it with our
14. eyes, a building, as it is written: The voice of your watchmen (Is. 52: 8). And it is written: And behold, the Glory of
15. the God of Israel (Ez. 43: 2). In our lifetime, and in your lifetime, and in the lifetime of all His people,
16. the House of Israel. Say: Amen. And you, our brethren, the holy and esteemed congregation, who have gathered together to fulfil

Verso, Right Side

1. this custom and to accomplish a pious deed. The Lord, God of your fathers (Ex. 3: 15).
2. The Lord will give strength to His people (Ps. 29: 11). The Lord is blessed for ever (Ps. 89: 53).
3. Ketubba       on the day so-and-so of the week (shabbat)
4. or if you want, of the week (shavūᶜa), on the day so-and-so of the month so-and-so, of the year so-
5. and-so of the era of the Greeks, in Jerusalem, the Holy City, may it be rebuilt
6. promptly. The Mighty God will look in His mercy from His elevated heaven
7. and He will defend zealously the holiness of His name. He will rebuild His temple and His hall, and return
8. His Glory to His throne. He will have mercy of His chosen community and His people, and He will hasten
9. their redemption and dispatch the term of their delivery. He will gather together the dispersed ones of their herd,
10. He will plant them on their land and make them inherit their inheritance. He will fulfil all
11. His hidden news to their remnants soon, Amen.
12. In Selᶜa ha-'Aleph, in Jerusalem, the Holy City, the town of the great king,
13. may God establish it for ever, Sela. On that day came
14. so-and-so son of so-and-so before the elders who sign below in this document
15. and said to them: Be my witnesses, perform with me the qinyan now,
16. write and sign about me, with full rights what I am
17. saying before you. And I am not coerced, not mistaken, not