Are Decoratve Ketubahs kosher?

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  • #597402
    Sender Av
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    I found one in my basement that my father bought at an auction a while back. We were thinking to give it to someone who is getting married next month. Are decorative ones okay to use though? My sister and brother in law had one that was just writing.

    #776614
    WolfishMusings
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    Assuming they meet the standard requirements for sh’taros and kesubos, why shouldn’t they be?

    The Wolf

    #776615
    Mayan_Dvash
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    Kesuba does not need to be Lishma like the “other” document.

    #776616
    WolfishMusings
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    Kesuba does not need to be Lishma like the “other” document.

    You mean my mortgage application? 🙂

    The Wolf

    #776617
    Feif Un
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    Decorative kesubos are kosher. However, it is more likely to have a mistake on a decorative kesubah than the standard ones. Decorative ones are often hand-written, and a mistake might not be caught. The standard ones were checked multiple times, and the same one is printed off each time.

    I was told that I should use a standard printed one for the wedding, and if I wanted a fancy one, I could get one to hang up – but it wouldn’t be my “official” kesubah.

    #776618
    WolfishMusings
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    I was told that I should use a standard printed one for the wedding, and if I wanted a fancy one, I could get one to hang up – but it wouldn’t be my “official” kesubah.

    Heh. That’s EXACTLY what we have. 🙂 The real kesubah is a plain, printed one that Eeees has. We also have a decorative fake one made by a friend which is hanging up on our wall.

    The Wolf

    #776619
    Pac-Man
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    I could get one to hang up

    I was told (by one of the Gedolei Poskim not as a psak but a comment) that a kesubah shouldn’t be hung up (i.e. on a wall).

    #776620
    ravshalom
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    The idea of having two (one “official”, one decorative) may cause issues of ??? ???? ?????? ???? i.e. it opens the possibility of double-claiming. One suggestion is to make the decorative one Posul e.g. having only 1 ?? sign it.

    #776621
    real-brisker
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    Pac-Man – Was that refering to a real kesubah (used)?

    #776622
    me too
    Member

    Hopefully the Mesder Kidushin is not included in

    ?? ????? ???? ???? ????? ????????. ?? ??? ?? ??? ????

    He is the one that should be running the show, and should be consulted before hand

    At my own wedding our mesader, one of the

    senior poskim, came prepared with a printed Kesuba that

    he checked. He was not going to proof read on the spot.

    #776624
    Pac-Man
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    r-b: If I recall it was regarding an older invalidated (due to an error) kesubah. He also added (disapprovingly) that he saw people hang up their (real) kesubah.

    #776626
    real-brisker
    Member

    Pac-Man – What would be a problem with hanging up a invalid kesubah?

    #776627
    TikkunHatzot
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    Is it true that it a ketuba also includes the misdeeds of a BT?

    That might be good enough reason for most to not put it up on the wall!

    #776628
    WolfishMusings
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    The idea of having two (one “official”, one decorative) may cause issues of ??? ???? ?????? ???? i.e. it opens the possibility of double-claiming. One suggestion is to make the decorative one Posul e.g. having only 1 ?? sign it.

    Not an issue by us. Everything (including the witnesses names) are in my wife’s handwriting. It’s very clear that they aren’t the signatures of the actual people.

    The Wolf

    #776629
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    Pac-Man,

    Was there a reason given for this disapproval? And since this is a well known Gadol, can you disclose who it is?

    The Wolf

    #776630
    me too
    Member

    @ TikkunHatzot ?? Whether to include the words ?????? ??

    see ????? ??? ??? ??”? ???? ?”?

    I just checked my wife’s kesuba & I don’t see anything in it that would make me want to hang it up for display. It’s a financial commitment and belongs in a secure place just as all important documents.

    I was at a Chupa where there were quite a few Roshei Yeshiva present. During the reading of the Kesuba an error was spotted (The leg of the ? in ??????was not filled in). All the great lomdim who said who knows how many hours of shiurim in Kesubos could figure not out how to proceed. Luckily there was a practicing Posek who directed that the ????? should be said & the Kesuba attended to afterwards.

    #776631
    Pac-Man
    Member

    I didn’t ask him the reason. (Maybe it is tacky; I don’t know that there is a strict halachic problem. Also, I don’t recall with certitude if he was only referring to the kosher kesubah, or both the kosher and the invalidated kesubah.)

    #776632
    hello99
    Participant

    some are and some are not. Show it to a Rav who knows the relevant halachos

    #776633
    real-brisker
    Member

    Pac-Man – In one post you stated he was referring to an invalidated kesubah, where as in a later post you say you don’t recall to which he was referring to!?

    #776634
    Pac-Man
    Member

    I said definitely a kosher one and possibly an invalidated one as well.

    #776635
    RABBAIM
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    A hung Kesuba can be taken by the husband in a dispute and she can lose the power to claim the kesuba $$$$ in event of divorce. It has happened.

    #776636
    charliehall
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    The Center for Jewish History had an exhibit of decorated manuscripts a while back, including beautiful haggadot, megillot, and ketubot. All were kosher. (Interestingly, the oldest illustrated megillah in existence was enscribed by a woman. The megillah is an exception to the general halachah that STAM must be written by a man.)

    #776637
    ronrsr
    Member

    we may have solved the problem. I typeset our ketubah, and had it printed on a large sheet of paper. Afterwards, we had an artist friend adorn the perimeter of the ketubah.

    #776638
    cherrybim
    Participant

    Non-active kesuba, no problem. Active kesuba is not advised.

    #776639
    Pac-Man
    Member

    cherrybim: Are you talking about decorating it or plastering it on the wall?

    #776640
    cherrybim
    Participant

    Non-active kesuba, no problem. Active kesuba is not advised.

    #776641
    real-brisker
    Member

    Pac-Man – This is why I am asking, because this is what you posted earlier: If I recall it was regarding an older invalidated (due to an error) kesubah.

    #776642
    Pac-Man
    Member

    cherrybim: decorating or hanging?

    r-b: The sentence started with “If I recall” is a tentative statement; the following sentence beggining with “He also added” is a definitive statement.

    #776643
    real-brisker
    Member

    Pac-Man – Ok.

    #776644
    cherrybim
    Participant

    “decorating or hanging”

    Public display is not appropriate. No one holds decorating is a problem.

    #776645
    ItcheSrulik
    Member

    There are plenty of large collections, both public and private, of illuminated Judaica including kesubos. I guess any concerns about double claims are irrelevant when everyone concerned is safely dead. Some of the older examples are very interesting. The AMNH (don’t ask me why it’s there instead of an art museum) has a kesuba of a kohen from the era of the geonim where the nusach actually enumerates all the chiyuvim in both directions instead of just saying ????? ????? ???????

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