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An alternative to the ketubah which explicitly rejects the language of kinyan (acquisition) in favor of the mutual language of covenant

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

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

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

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.

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

Text of the standard, traditional ketubah in Aramaic and English

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

Example of an egalitarian/personalized ketubah

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