| Ketubah can be technically considered as a part of | | | | payment of the biblical dower of the husband to |
| every Jewish marriage ceremony. It acts as the | | | | her wife. Ketubah allows the man to marry a |
| blueprint or the manual of how the marriage | | | | woman even without paying her or her family a |
| should be. It indicates the role of the husband, | | | | single cent at the time of their wedding. However, |
| which primarily is to provide food and clothing for | | | | that amount becomes payable at the time of his |
| the family. The ketubah also states the marital | | | | death or if the marriage was broken up due to |
| relations the wife should give his husband and vice | | | | reasons like divorce. |
| versa. But more importantly, the ketubah is a | | | | The couple can get married without the ketubah. |
| legal document that mandates the husband to pay | | | | However, they cannot engage in any marital |
| a particular amount of money to the wife in the | | | | relations if their kebutah cannot be signed. The |
| event that the husband divorces her or if he dies | | | | ketubah, before it can be enforced, it has to be |
| unfortunately. | | | | duly acknowledged by the couples and two |
| The creation of ketubah rooted from the | | | | witnesses. Without these parties attesting to the |
| problems caused by the biblical dowry. The | | | | married party's ketubah, it is unlawful for two |
| dower, or the bride price, is the amount a young | | | | people to act as husband and wife, even if they |
| man has to pay to his soon-to-be wife or her | | | | have just been married. |
| parents at the time of marriage. Young Jewish | | | | Right now, there are a lot of ketubah texts |
| men don’t necessarily have big amounts of | | | | presented in the most artistic forms and designs. |
| money prior to marriage. Unless they come from | | | | The kebutah is considered the sign of both the |
| rich families, they find it hard to pay the dower | | | | party's undying love for each other. Therefore, it |
| required of them by the Jewish law. | | | | has been the most vibrant and the prominent |
| The solution devised by the rabbis to this social | | | | part of a Jewish marriage. |
| dilemma is the ketubah. The ketubah delays the | | | | |