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A printable door hanger to remind us of our obligation to support the world’s refugees

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A congregational guide to visiting people who live with mental illness

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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

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A certificate by which a non-Jew joins his/her fate to the Jewish people without formally converting and a marriage contract for a Jew and a ger toshav (resident stranger)

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signing ketubah

Created by a bride and groom in their personal spirit, with an exchange of gifts fulfilling the tradition of kinyan, the “bride price”

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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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