Handwrittten Ketuba. Yemen. 1880. Nice scribal hand. Fine condition.
Yehudim Barchu. Hymn for Purim, with the text for the blessings on the megilla. Scribal writing with colorful decorations and illustrations. Persia? Beginning of the 20th century? 42×33 cm. Blemished. Fine condition.
Collection of printed Ketubot. [36]. Various styles. Various countries. Fine-very fine condition.
Ink on parchment. Ketuba written with calligraphy letters, written in Rome. Groom: יוסף בן עובדיה מקאסטרו. Bride: פורטונאנא מ”א בת יוחנן פיפירנו. Witnesses: אברהם בן ברוך וחרובי בן ירחיה. Nice, black doubled-border surrounding text. The Ketuba collection in the National Library includes a ketuba in similar format that was made in Rome, 1887. Size: 30×24 cm. Fine condition.
Handwritten ketuba. Delitzsch, Germany, 1879. Groom: דוד זאב בן רבי מיכאל. Bride: באשין בת רבי אברהם חיים. Witnesses: ר’ יוסף מאיר, ר’ ישראל בר גרשון. Size: 21×17 cm. Fold marks. Moderate condition.
Ketuba printed on quality paper with personal details filled in by hand, United Synagogue, London. Groom: ר’ יצחק צבי בן ר’ אברהם זאב Bride: יענטל בת ר’ משה. Size: 35×23 cm. Not in the ketuba collection of the National Library. Fold marks. Aging stains. Fine condition.
Handwritten ketuba, year 2274 [according to the counting of Yemenite Jewry]. Groom: צאלח אבן סלימאן. Bride: צבייה בנת יוסף כבאני. The back features an incomplete draft of a different ketuba. [1] leaf, 18×16 cm. Fold marks. Stains. Moderate condition.
“Get” written in 2237 given in אצרם. Divorcing husband: סאלם בן סלימאן. Divorced wife: זהרה בת יוסף. Witness signatures: מנחם בן סאלם and סטיר בן סלימאן. Size: 15×17 cm. Fold marks. Fine condition.
* Handwritten “get”in calligraphy from פינין, 1841. Cut on the right side, affecting text. Worming holes. * Handwritten “Get” from אסהלה, 1869. Various sizes, stains, moderate condition.
Ketuba in Yemenite calligraphy. Groom: סלימאן. Bride: ימימה. Witness signatures in rabbinical calligraphy: חיים אבן דאוד אלמצם and צפיר כפן. [1] leaf, 28×24 cm. Mounted onto a stiff surface. Cuts on the right side, not affecting text. Fold marks. Fine condition.
Ketuba printed in gold ink, with handwritten information. Illustration of the Western Wall and Temple Mount at top; and the synagogue over the tomb of Rabbi Meir Ba’al HaNess and Rachel’s Tomb on the bottom. The ketuba has been filled in with nice calligraphy. Curvy witness signatures. Printer details at bottom left. Not in the ketuba collection of the National Library. Size: 45×35 cm. Matted, 53×43 cm. Aging stains, fine condition.
Printed ketuba, hand-painted, filled in with an Oriental hand, Rhodes, Greek 1927. Groom: Avraham HaLevi ben Elazar HaLevi. Bride: Orotom bat R’ Yitzchak Ibn Sushin. Witnesses: Nissim ben Nurtimo and Yosef Lilchel. Crown-shaped decorations and leaves on the right and left. Size: 50×75 cm. The Ketuba collection of the National Library lists only five ketubot from the Island of Rhodes in the 20th century. This ketuba is not listed. Ink smudges, primarily on the sides of the ketuba. Aging stains, moderate-fine condtiion.
* A printed Ketubah filled in by hand, Bnei Brak 1953. In the names of the witnesses who signed it appears the handwritten signature of the Rebbe of Zidichov: “Says Natan Eichenstein son of Rabbi Yehoshua” and additional signatures. * Two Ketubot from Jerusalem, printed and filled in by hand from 1953. Rabbi Natan son of Rabbi Yehoshua of Grosswardein, served as Rabbi of Grosswardein and other communities. He escaped to Romania during the Second World War, and immigrated to Israel at its end. His court was in Tel Aviv. His father was murdered in the Holocaust. Identically sized: 28×42 cm. Tears in the margins of the ketubot. Folding marks. Moderate condition.
* An illustrated Ketubah on parchment, Amsterdam 1868. Painted by hand in gold and other colors. The bridegroom: Yaakov Kapil. The bride: Yachta daughter of Rabbi Binyamin Wolf. The witnesses’s signatures are in curled Asheknazi handwriting. Size: 31×20 cm. * A Ketubah printed on paper, filled in and and painted by hand, Amsterdam 1935. The bridegroom: Yaakov son of Rabbi Shimon. The bride: Sarah daughter of Rabbi Avraham HaCohen. Size: 24×22 cm. The Ketubot are attached to a firm background for preservation. Fine condition.
Handwritten ketuba in a sephardic hand. Groom: חיים בן חמוס חורי. Witnesses: הרב מקיקץ שלי. הרב אברהם בן רחמים כהן. In addition to the personal stamp of Rabbi Mekikatz Sheli. Rabbi Shaul Mekikatz Sheli [1887-1970] was a prominent 20th century, Djerban Rabbi. Many of the leading rabbis of the Djerba, Tunis community were his disciples, including: Rabbi Shlomo Mazuz, Rabbi Mordechai Sagron, Rabbi Refaeli Kadir Zaban and many more. He dedicated his nights to copying the writings of Tunisian rabbis and translating and editing them, including the Judeo-Arabic translation of Hilchos Deos L’Rambam, a number of works of the Chida and more. He also composed many hymns. He lived in Shlomi since his immigration to Eretz Yisrael. The whole ketuba is hand written [without a printed background]. It is not in the collection of Ketubot of the National Library. Large oil stain across most of the surface of the ketuba. Moderate condition.
30×25 cm. Ketuba written in calligraphy, black ink on paper, upon the marriage of Moshe bar Eliezer with Chana Bat Shmuel. Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] 1883. The name of the mesader kedushin, officiating rabbi, appears on the bottom: Gershon bar Moshe Simcha…k”k Beit El Emet. 19th century Philadelphia ketubot were made in a very simple style that included the nicely written text but no illustrations. The ketuba collection of the National Library includes only 9 ketubot from 18th-19th century Philadelphia. Some of them are in a similar style to this one. Not in the ketuba collection of the National Library. Mounted on a stiff surface. Brown water stain on about half of the ketuba, creases. Moderate condition.
[1] leaf, 16×23 cm. “With a good sign to you and the honored families and all that they have”. Printed congratulatory blessings from the General Committee of the Sephardi congregation in Jerusalem. The blessing is designed in the form of a Ketubah in classic Art Nouveau style. But the content is different and contains various blessings to the bride and groom in merit of the charity which they donated to the committee. “As it will be a with a good sign and mazal tov…may it be G-d’s will that the merit of the great charity which they lifted up to G-d for the benefit of their brethren the Torah scholars, the poor people the orphans and widows in the holy city of Jerusalem…”. In the margins is the form of the stamp [printed] of the Kollelot Va’ad HaSephardim in the holy city of Jerusalem, as well as the stamp of “Rabbi Eliyahu Moshe Anigel…”. At the top of the blessing “The year 52..” Based on the format with the lines for the names to be filled in it seems that a number of similar editions were prepared by the committee which were meant for couples on their wedding day. However, no other copies of this blessing are known. Rare. Not in the National Library. Fine condition.
[1] paper leaf. 34×21 cm. A Ketubah written entirely in Ashkenazi handwriting, Gleiwitz [Germany]. Dated 3 Tammuz [June 12] 1861. Witnesses signatures in their handwriting – Uri son of Rabbi Aharon Shmuel Weinstock, Uri Kaber and others. “Congratulations may you flower and grow like the good garden until the hight of the one who tells the end from the beginning, he will give name and remnant…”. Folding marks, fine condition.
