Manuscript bill of divorce (Get) written in Hebrew and Aramaic. Dated 14 Marheshvan 5648, corresponding to Tuesday, November 1, 1887. The document details the divorce of Ya'akov ben Eliyahu and Leah bat Yosef, with witnesses Yitshak ben Yosef and Yisrael ben Yeshayahu. Written in ink on a single sheet of paper (39.5 x 28 cm). Found and analyzed by Dr. Arthur Kiron, University of Pennsylvania. Shows an ink stain on the back and folding marks. The document's provenance is San Francisco, California, although the original auction description notes this as 'apparently' the location. The elegant scribal hand suggests the scribe possessed rabbinical training; however, no rabbi is mentioned on the document.
Subject: Marriage, Jewish
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Printed Hebrew ketubbah (marriage contract) dated July 12, 1853, signed by Hannah Bartoltah and her father, Abraham Bartoltah. The document was part of a collection of materials related to Johanna Davis and found in Cincinnati, Ohio. The back of the ketubbah bears the inscription 'Chas. Davis'.
Newspaper clipping from the *New-York Mirror*, February 22, 1840, featuring a response to a reader's question about the biblical history of Jewish marriage. Published in New York, New York. The article appears on page 278, column 1.
This book, published in 1836, examines the laws of marriage within Jewish tradition. It specifically addresses the permissibility of polygamy and the extent of the laws of incest. Author S.E. Dwight presents a detailed analysis of these complex topics from a legal and religious perspective, offering insights into the interpretation and application of Jewish marital laws.
This book, published by the Bloch Publishing and Printing Company in Cincinnati in 1884, explores the Jewish law of marriage and divorce across different historical periods and its intersection with secular law. Authored by Rabbi Moses Mielziner, a prominent figure in American Reform Judaism, the work comprises 149 pages and includes a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. This is the first edition; a revised second edition was published in 1901.