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Ketubah replacement : [Jerusalem], [26 December 1935].
כתובה דאירכסא : [ירושלים],
Library at the Katz Center - Rare Book Manuscript CAJS Rar Ms 613a
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Language:
- Aramaic
- Hebrew
- Subjects (All):
- Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law).
- Ketubah--Specimens.
- Ketubah.
- Divorce--Law and legislation--Yemen.
- Divorce.
- Jerusalem--Religious life and customs.
- Jerusalem.
- Jews--Yemen (Republic)--Ṣanʻāʼ--20th century--History--Sources.
- Jews.
- Jews--Jerusalem--20th century--History--Sources.
- Al-ḳeṭiʻi, Selim ibn Musa--Marriage.
- Al-Tsafirah, Zaharah bat Salem--Marriage.
- Local Subjects:
- Al-ḳeṭiʻi, Selim ibn Musa--Marriage.
- Al-Tsafirah, Zaharah bat Salem--Marriage.
- Genre:
- Manuscripts, Aramaic -- 20th century.
- Manuscripts, Hebrew -- 20th century.
- Manuscripts, Judeo-Arabic -- 20th century.
- ketubahs.
- autographs (manuscripts)
- Penn Provenance:
- GIFT FROM THE MOLDOVAN FAMILY COLLECTION By Joseph T. Moldovan C'76 and Susan A. Moldovan C'76. Donated in Honor and Memory of Jean and Dr. Alfred Moldovan.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (1 leaf) : paper.
- Place of Publication:
- [26 December 1935].
- [ל' כסלו תרצ"ו].
- Language Note:
- In Aramaic and Hebrew (ketubah text); some lines of Judeo-Arabic.
- Summary:
- This is a replacement ketubah for the couple represented in UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 613; this manuscript uses the language of כתובה דאירכסא (a reissue and replacement for a lost or damaged ketubah; Shulḥan ʻarukh Even ha-ʻezer 66:3-4), possibly for the purpose of updating the legal terms of the ketubah upon their relocation from Ten'em, Yemen. Written in Jerusalem (then Mandatory Palestine), 30 Kislev 5696 (Thursday, December 26, 1935); written in 22 lines, frame-ruled in lead; written in a Sephardic semicursive script. Signatures below text: Avraham ibn Seliman Tsabari and Seliman Ḳeruʼani (?). Item foxed and frayed; repaired and mounted on linen.
- Cited as:
- UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 613a.
- OCLC:
- 1370903562
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