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April 4, 2016 7:16 pm at 7:16 pm #617517RedQuestMember
as an eid at a wedding how does one normally sign the kesuva? in hebrew or in english. Also, does one just write their name or is it
ploni ben ploni?
April 4, 2016 7:35 pm at 7:35 pm #1145109MenoParticipantIn Hebrew, Ploni ben Ploni
April 4, 2016 10:44 pm at 10:44 pm #1145110CTLAWYERParticipantLook at the Ketubah first. If handwritten all in Hebrew script you just sign in Hebrew Ploni ben Ploni, BUT it a printed commercial Ketubah that is in both Hebrew Script and English, you may be signing twice, once in Hebrew as Ploni ben Ploni, and again in English as John Doe.
My parents were wed in NYC more than 80 years ago. When mom went to file for Social Security benefits she was asked for a marriage license that was recorded with the city. Of course they didn’t have a marriage license, but they had a Hebrew/English Ketubah. The Social Security administration office made a photocopy of this witnessed (in English) document and awarded the benefits. B”H she collected for more than 30 years before passing away.
April 5, 2016 1:30 pm at 1:30 pm #1145111MenoParticipantI once heard a story of someone who needed to prove he was a Rabbi for some legal purposes, but he didn’t have his S’micha Certificate, so he showed them his K’subah instead.
April 5, 2016 6:28 pm at 6:28 pm #1145112apushatayidParticipantPloni ben Ploni Ed. The word Ed is usually pre filled on a store bought kesuba.
April 5, 2016 7:39 pm at 7:39 pm #1145113popa_bar_abbaParticipantIf you’re OO, you sign “Edah”
April 5, 2016 8:46 pm at 8:46 pm #1145114golferParticipantI think the correct term is “Edith”
April 6, 2016 1:54 pm at 1:54 pm #1145115Sam2ParticipantMeno: So he was a Rabbi and a Gazlan?
April 6, 2016 2:14 pm at 2:14 pm #1145116popa_bar_abbaParticipantHT Saul Berman
April 7, 2016 12:54 pm at 12:54 pm #1145117MenoParticipantWho’s Saul Berman?
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