Should I sell her a ketubah?

Posted: Sun, Mar 11 2012, 1:57 am Post subject: should I sell her a ketubah?

I have an online store selling ketubot with different texts, reform to orthodox. I have never really felt comfortable selling the reform ones, etc. but have done it anyway.

I don't get much traffic to the site, but it is a beautiful site, beautiful art.

someone now is requesting her own text as she is marrying a non jewish guy.

should I help her? it would mean that I would have to find a hebrew calligrapher who would write this type of thing in hebrew.

Posted: Sun, Mar 11 2012, 2:35 am Post subject: re: should I sell her a ketubah?

My first reaction "no"

There is no marriage between a Jew and non-Jew.
Therefore there can be no ktuba. For Reform at least - you can maybe assume that both parties are Jewish.

Here there is no pretence.

So IMHO - just tell here that there is no such thing as a ktuba for intermarriage. It is impossible.
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Posted: Sun, Mar 11 2012, 2:38 am Post subject:

Of course not! Can't believe it's even a question! BTW, did you ever ask a rav whether its OK to sell the rteform ones? Why don't you ask a shaila about selling things like this?

Posted: Sun, Mar 11 2012, 2:41 am Post subject: re: should I sell her a ketubah?

I will ask a rabbi.
if he says that I should not, how do I tell her?

Posted: Sun, Mar 11 2012, 2:49 am Post subject: re: should I sell her a ketubah?

one of the options is to sell her a blank ketubah and tell her to bring it to a calligrapher to fill in a neutral text, she wants hebrew and english.

Posted: Sun, Mar 11 2012, 2:54 am Post subject:

I admire you for knowing when it's important to ask.

I would simply pass the buck and explain that in all religious matters I defer to my rabbi, and he's advised me not to write this kind of ketuba in keeping with my religious principles

Posted: Sun, Mar 11 2012, 3:01 am Post subject: re: should I sell her a ketubah?

thank you all for your replies, I will email my rabbi now.

should I give her the artist's email or someone else who also sells for this particular artist?