黑料社

This week鈥檚 parashah prominently features the mission of Abraham鈥檚 servant to find a wife for Isaac. The account includes the giving of gifts to Rebecca and her family (24:22, 53) and the assurance from Abraham鈥檚 family that they themselves are wealthy (Gen. 24:35). For thousands of years, ketubbot (黑料社 marriage contracts) have established the financial responsibilities in a 黑料社 marriage. This notable ketubbah is one of over 500 in The JTS Library鈥檚 world-renowned collection.

In this ketubbah鈥檚 unusually romantic engagement articles, the bride and groom 鈥渁gree to conduct their mutual life with love and affection, without hiding or concealing anything from each other; furthermore, they will control their possessions equally. However, in case of a quarrel, God forbid, between them, they shall follow the customs of the Ashkenazim in Venice in this matter.鈥� The latter stipulation was inserted because the contract celebrates a 鈥渕ixed鈥� marriage between a Sephardi bride and a non-Sephardi, presumably Ashkenazi, groom.

The decoration is characteristic of Venice and the surrounding environs. The floral border contains the twelve signs of the zodiac, as well as implements from the ancient Jerusalem Temple in the corners. A love knot that has no beginning or end is borrowed from Italian folk culture.

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