What’s Inside a Modern Ketubah
Attending a Jewish wedding involves a traditional custom which is the Ketubah or also known for being called as the Jewish marriage contract. During the wedding ceremony, as part of their tradition, the married couples need to sign the Ketubah in front of the rabbi and the witnesses of their wedding. But with the modern world today where many couples don’t really follow any traditions, or those that are not religious or interfaith couples and even those who belong to the LGBT community, create their own version of modern Ketubah as part of their wedding ceremony.
This Ketubah or Ketubot in plural term, is a written version of the vows, promises and responsibilities for a newlywed couple. A Ketubah is an artistically framed document that is basically seen on the walls of the couple’s home to serve as a reminder for both of them on what love is all about. Aside from that, a modern Ketubah can also serve as a pre-nuptial agreement. But for some people who experienced failed first marriages, they prefer having a pre-nuptial agreement because of the past experiences they had.
There are guidelines in making traditional ketubahs and you may follow these steps for to you to create your own modern Ketubah as a preparation to your Jewish wedding:
The first thing that you need to do to start your Ketubah is to know what type of design, artwork and text you would like to have that will best fit you and your partner. Rabbis can also help you out on the creation of your Ketubah since they have been witnessing a lot of ketubah during weddings and this is not new to them at all. Hiring a mediator to help you out in putting up the agreement is also a very wise thing to do. For you to understand the wants and needs of your partners, mediators can also assist and help you.
This agreement is also used to serve as a traditional reason to protect the welfare of the woman or wife and the future children of the couple. Ketubah also serves as a document that guarantees the financial support from the father when divorce is filed in the future and it also serves a way for the man not to ignore a woman.
Since married couples write their vows, writing it in their own Ketubah text is more beautiful. This marriage contract should be written from the heart. You should be able to write by expressing what your heart feels like being loved and how you will love the person unconditionally and abide by rules of marriage.
Source: http://showthebride.com/2016/03/11/four-cool-wedding-traditions-from-around-the-world/