Rabbinical Assembly Conservative English Text

The Rabbinical Assembly has requested that we include their English text to accompany the Aramaic/Hebrew text of the Calligrapher's Ink Conservative Ketubah print. It is reprinted by permission of the Rabbinical Assembly, Copyright 1990. This is not the English which appears on the ketubah print, but is provided for your reference at the request of the Rabbinical Assembly. See our Conservative Text for the English text on the actual ketubah print.

This ketubah witnesses that on the ______ day of the week, the _______ day of the month of _____, in the year 57____, corresponding to the ______ day of ________, ____ , in _____________ , the holy covenant of marriage was entered into between the hatan, ___________, son of __________ and ____________, and the kallah, ___________, daughter of ________ and ___________.

The hatan declared to the kallah: Be my wife according to the laws and traditions of Moses and the Jewish people. I will honor, sustain, and support you, as is customary among us. I accept full responsibility for this ketubah which includes the obligation to provide food, shelter, and clothing, as well as the obligation to fulfill my marital duties.

The kallah accepted the hatan as her husband by declaring her readiness to be his wife and to join him in establishing their home as a place of love and harmony, peace and companionship.

Conscious of the responsibility of a husband toward his wife, as introduced through the ketubah by our Rabbis, of blessed memory, the hatan accepted the obligations set upon him by this ketubah and its extensions. These obligations have the primary claim upon the best part of all the assets which he presently controls or may later acquire. These assets may be used to fulfill the obligations of this ketubah during his lifetime or thereafter.

Hatan and kallah agreed that should there be any contemplation of the dissolution of this marriage, or in the event of its dissolution in the civil courts, they will respond to the summons each may make to the other to appear before the Beit Din of the Rabbinical Assembly and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America or its representative. They are committed to abide by its rulings and instructions, so that they both may live according to the laws and teachings of our sacred Torah.

This ketubah, properly prepared, signed and witnessed, becomes legally binding and operative immediately on the day of their huppah, solemnly formalizing their relationship as husband and wife, which they pray will be a blessing for them throughout their lives.

Hatan and kallah together declared that they have entered into this holy covenant of their own free will, without restraint, and that they intend to be bound by it so long as they shall live.

Witness ______________

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