[Avodah] woman reading a ketuba

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 11:19:49AM +0200, Eli Turkel wrote:
: any problem with a woman reading a ketuba at a wedding?

The only reason to read the kesuvah is to provide a pause. There can't
be a problem with who reads it, in terms of the validity of the wedding.
(RHS infamously phrased it that the wedding would be no worse "even if a
parrot or a monkey would read the ketubah", a phrasing that was intended
to be innocent, but was irrationally taken by his detractors as comparing
women to animals.)

The usual issues about feminism, slippery slopes and public appearances
vs "kol kevudah" do come up, though.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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