Ketubah : [Tétouan, Morocco], [March 2, 1920]; כתובה:[טיטואן, מרוקו],[י"ב אדר, תר"פ]

Alternate Title:

Ketubah : Ṭiṭuʼan

Contributor:

Khalfon, Yaʻaḳov, -1934 (witness); Yiśraʼel, Ṿidal (witness); Moussaieff, Shlomo (former owner)

Date:

1920

Description:

Printed ketubah form in red and black with manuscript standard ketubah text in black ink in Aramaic in Sephardic semi-cursive script. Decorative border and columns, wood-block engravings of various holy sites. Numerous verses from Scripture in block Hebrew print surrounding the ketubah text. Wedding took place on 12 Adar 5680 (2 March 1920), in Tetouan, Morocco. Groom signed at bottom with two additional signatures. Form printed Yerushalaim ba-defus ha-gadol Leṿi ṿe-shutafaṿ.

Language:

Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE); Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)

Provenance:

Sold at auction at Sotheby's, from the estate of Shlomo Moussaieff, 20 Dec. 2017, lot 112.

Subject:

Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law); Ketubah; Ketubah -- Morocco -- Tétouan -- Specimens; Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law) -- Specimens; Marriage (Jewish law); Dabda, Barukh Marriage; Lunah bat Ḥaviv ha-Leṿi Marriage

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Specimens; Ketubahs; Marriage certificates; Blank forms; Manuscripts, Hebrew -- 20th century

Physical Description:

1 leaf : paper, illustrations; 58 X 45.4 cm

Geographic Subject:

Morocco -- Tétouan; Tétouan (Morocco)

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

The wedding took place on the Third day [Tues.] of the week, 12th day of the month of Adar, in the year 5680 [2 March 1920] in the city of Ṭiṭuʼan. The groom is Barukh ben ... k.m. ha-R. Daṿid zal ben ... k. mo. ha-R. Yehudah z.l.h.h. ha-mekhuneh Dabda. The bride is Lunah ... bat ... R. Ḥaviv ha-Leṿi n. ʻE. bar ... R. Amram ha-Leṿi n. ʻE. Witnesses: Yaʻaḳov Khalfon, Ṿidal Yiśraʼel.; Aramaic and Hebrew (Sephardic semi-cursive)

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Rare Book Manuscripts, CAJS Rar Ms 468