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#Some poskim recommend to fill in the blanks of a ketubah with the same script as the rest of the ketubah was written<ref>[http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/827064/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Overview_of_Ketubah Rav Hershel Schachter in a shiur on yutorah.org "Overview of Ketubah" (min 23-25)] says that there's no issue with the ketubah not being written lishma but there's a concern that since the names are filled in with script and the rest is in block print that the two parts of the shtar aren't connected.</ref>, however, the minhag isn't careful about this.<ref>Nitai Gavriel (Nesuin vol. 1, p. 172, 21:5)</ref> | #Some poskim recommend to fill in the blanks of a ketubah with the same script as the rest of the ketubah was written<ref>[http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/827064/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Overview_of_Ketubah Rav Hershel Schachter in a shiur on yutorah.org "Overview of Ketubah" (min 23-25)] says that there's no issue with the ketubah not being written lishma but there's a concern that since the names are filled in with script and the rest is in block print that the two parts of the shtar aren't connected.</ref>, however, the minhag isn't careful about this.<ref>Nitai Gavriel (Nesuin vol. 1, p. 172, 21:5)</ref> | ||
== | ==Filling Out the Ketubah== | ||
===Predating the Ketubah=== | ===Predating the Ketubah=== | ||
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#Initially it isn't proper to date a Ketubah for the night if it is signed during the day, though if one did so, it is kosher.<ref>Ketubah K'hilchata 4:13</ref> | #Initially it isn't proper to date a Ketubah for the night if it is signed during the day, though if one did so, it is kosher.<ref>Ketubah K'hilchata 4:13</ref> | ||
=== | ===The Location=== | ||
#If the city in which the wedding is occurring is an established location for Get proceedings | #If the city in which the wedding is occurring is an established location for Get proceedings<ref>A list of these cities can be found in the pamphlet "הארץ לעריה" in the back of Shu"t Atzei B'samim by Rabbi Mendel Senderovic. | ||
=== | </ref> (with exception to Chicago, IL and the Bronx,NY), the name of the city is spelled in Hebrew the same way it would be normally spelled in a Get. | ||
#Those who are unsure how to spell the names of cities should either contact the Rabbanim in those cities to obtain the correct spelling, or speak to a local Dayan to obtain the standard transliteration for the city's name. | |||
#There is a question as to whether or not the state in which the wedding is taking place has to be included. Some of the opinion that it does not need to be included unless it is well known that multiple cities of the same name exist in different states. Others state that it should be included for mid-size cities that are not well-known. | |||
===The Names=== | |||
#One should be extremely careful to correctly write the Hebrew names of the Chatan, Kallah and their last names exactly as they are usually spelled. Misspelling even one of the names to the point where it either colloquially becomes a different name (even if there is just a one letter discrepancy (e.g. Gershom/Gershon)) or that it becomes a name that is non-sensical renders the entire Ketubah invalid.<ref>Mishpat HaKetubah 2:14:28 | #One should be extremely careful to correctly write the Hebrew names of the Chatan, Kallah and their last names exactly as they are usually spelled. Misspelling even one of the names to the point where it either colloquially becomes a different name (even if there is just a one letter discrepancy (e.g. Gershom/Gershon)) or that it becomes a name that is non-sensical renders the entire Ketubah invalid.<ref>Mishpat HaKetubah 2:14:28 | ||
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=== | ===The Fathers' Names in the Ketubah=== | ||
#The Chatan and Kallah should mention their names in the Ketubah as "(Chatan/Kallah's hebrew name) ben/bat (father's hebrew name) L'mishpachat (person's last name)" | #The Chatan and Kallah should mention their names in the Ketubah as "(Chatan/Kallah's hebrew name) ben/bat (father's hebrew name) L'mishpachat (person's last name)" | ||
