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A ritual template for creating a Jewish wedding service that celebrates gender and sexual diversity

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An article about the ketubah, or wedding contract, which describes its history, new ketubot, egalitarian ketubot, and alternatives to the ketubah

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An agreement between bride and groom to be used with a Conservative ketubah that does not include the Lieberman clause

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Meant to be appended to the traditional ketubah and written in Aramaic by the late, great Rabbi Saul Lieberman, this clause requires the husband to grant a religious divorce (get) to his wife, should the marriage dissolve. This clause is usually used by Conservative Jews instead of the Orthodox pre-nuptial agreement.

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An agreement signed by the bride and groom prior to the wedding which abrogates the situation of a recalcitrant husband who refuses his wife a religious divorce

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Text of the standard, traditional ketubah in Aramaic and English

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An example of a halakhic (sanctioned by some interpretations of Jewish law) ketubah drawing on precedent from ancient text

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Example of an egalitarian/personalized ketubah

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