Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

At 11:07 PM 1/29/01 -0500, Shoshanna Walker wrote:
> > If you write 'betulah' in a ketubah, the man signing it has now agreed to 
> > give her the value of a 'virgin'.
> The value of a woman not previously married

Absolutly wrong.


> > While it is not asked, that does not change the law. (It should be asked, 
> > or the person making the contract should be told so that he can make the 
> > adjustments.)
> The relevant legal status has to do with her marital status.

Absolutly wrong.

> > What do you think a ketubah is? It is no more then a legal contract.
> Yes, that is exactly what I have been describing - a legal contract, and 
> your retort  has nothing to do with my description of the intentions of Ketuba
> Moral judgements, whether a woman is chaste or not, is not the point.

Why do we marry a betulah on Wednesday?



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