Auction 33 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Lebanese Ketubah – Beirut 1931 / Elegant Leather-Bound Machzorim
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Printed Ketubah filled in in handwriting, recording the marriage of “Mr. Nissim Na” and bride Mina daughter of Siman Tov Levi. Signatures of witnesses Rabbi “Yeshaya Ma’aravi” and “Div Se’adya”. Beirut, Tevet 1931. Lebanese Ketubot contain exclusive wording not included in other Ketubot. Besides other liabilities of husband he is obligated to “refrain from leaving her in anger or dispute for over 30 days”, he is also obligated to “refrain from marrying another wife during her lifetime unless she lived with him for five consecutive years and did not bear him a child” [word “five” written in handwriting]. The husband promises to remain in the Middle East “and not move further than Gaza or Tzova, before providing her with befitting alimony of sum stipulated by Beit Din”. Approx. 50 cm. Printed in golden and blue ink. Fair condition, wear and tear, stains. Attached: Three Machzorim (Vienna, 1867), with especially elegant leather bindings, Lebanese handicraft, with original imprint of name of abovementioned groom: “A. H. Nissim Na”.
Syrian, Aleppian and Lebanese Jewry
Syrian, Aleppian and Lebanese Jewry