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Ketubah: Language and Design

By Yitzhak Ben Yehuda •

The Forst KetubahWedding Ketubah specializes in custom made Ketubot / Ketubas that includes the design and the language that the couple desires. Click here to contact Wedding Ketubah.

Ketubot have many different styles of language and designs, depending on the beliefs and traditions of the couple. Traditionally, the language of the ketubah formalises the various requirements by the Torah of a Jewish husband vis à vis his wife, and stipulates the sum to be paid by him in case of divorce. A traditional ketubah is written in Aramaic.

Conservative Jews often include an additional paragraph, called the Lieberman clause, which stipulates that divorce will be adjudicated by a modern rabbinical court (a beth din) in order to prevent the problem of the agunah.

Reform Jews permit personal innovation in the text of ketubot. Some couples, for example, often opt for more egalitarian language, similar in tone to marriage vows, which stress the values on which they base their relationship and marriage (love, companionship, family, tradition, etc.). The text used in ketubot under Reform auspices may be a traditional text, accompanied by a more creative, poetic and egalitarian rendition in English.

Because there are a variety of available texts, betrothed couples often consult their Rabbi or wedding officiant in order to determine which text is right for them. Wedding Ketubah can design a custom Ketubah with individually crafted commitment texts.

Wedding Ketubah specializes in personalized Ketubot / Ketubas that incorporates the design and the language that the couple desires. Click here to contact Wedding Ketubah.

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About the Artist

Yitzhak Ben Yehuda

Born in Egypt, raised in Switzerland and England, Yitzhak Ben Yehuda's creative enthusiasm to painting biblical narratives in oils is exemplfied in personalized Ketubot. These innately spiritual paintings reflect an affinity to detail and texture, in swift fields of colour and light, an enchanted world of it's own. His versatility has enabled him to work exclusively for private collectors world-wide. Presently he is devoting considerable time and effort to mastering landscape painting of Eretz Israel. "Of late, my ethnic symbolist paintings enable me to enjoy lending expression to the realms of the imagination, fantasy. I believe one must compose, otherwise people will grow bored. Better to "suggest" than to "describe" so as to let the viewer see what he needs. I am trying to look past what I see, realize my sensations, and in doing, so paint its flying spirit. In other words, have something to say -- surprise myself!" Ben Yehuda, with a directness and fluency which is quite characteristic of his Semitic ancestry, paints from the heart. A lyricist in paint, his pictures have their analogies in poetry. He sees in painting, not a means of interpreting the outer world, but a means of expressing the inner self. That is why he uses the essential types of individualistic art - lyricism and symbolism.

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