Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Moshe Shulman <mshulman AT ix.netcom.com>]

At , Steve Oren wrote:
> Sorry but this is not true.  Betula in a Ketuba means a physical 
> virgin.  Indeed, ancient ketubot used a different term to designate 
> unmarried but sexually experienced women.  Nowadays (perhaps 
> unrealisticly), the Rabbis assume that every previously unmarried woman 
> from a Jewish home is a "betula" (just as in the US, any previously 
> unmarried bride gets to wear white) but there are stories about the 
> difficulties that ensue when some of the potential (male) witnesses to the 
> marriage have good reason to know that this rabbinical assumption is 
> untrue in the instant case.
>
> Stephen Oren
>
> Chicago, IL

Usually they don't ask.



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