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ketubahs

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Traditional Jewish marriage contracts, traditionally written in Aramaic and signed by witnesses, setting out reciprocal duties of husband and wife, including the husband's obligation to pay the wife a certain sum in the event of divorce, and the wife's property rights upon his death.

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Rabbi Jacob S. Raisin papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1075
Abstract Clippings, correspondence, sermons, programs, certificates, diplomas, diaries, photographs, objects, and other papers of Jacob S. Raisin, Reform rabbi, author, and scholar. Raisin's writings focused on ethical behavior, intellectual history, religious observance and tradition. Materials also relate to Raisin's wife, Jane Lazarus Raisin, their children, Mordenai Lazarus Raisin Hirsch, Rachel Marla Raisin, and Aaron S. Raisin, and other family members, Raisin's record of professional...
Dates: circa 1700, 1889-2009