[Avodah] validity of ketubahs if .....

[Ben Waxman]

Perhaps one of the lawyers on the list can comment, but I had always 
understood that when someone signs a contract, he is bound to it. It matters 
not one bit if he read the contract, understood the contract, understood the 
legal principles behind the contract. You sign, you're in. And that is why 
when one signs a contract, it is a very good idea to understand what you are 
signing.

Ben
----- Original Message ----- 
From: harveybenton at yahoo.com

isn't a ketubah is a binding legal contract between 2 willing parties? if 
either or both of the parties don't understand it, why would it binding???
or would you classify the ketubah, and resultant marriage, something other 
than a binding contract (try telling that that to an aggrieved party in a 
nasty divorce trial, or  to a sotah on the way up to the har habayis, to 
possibly drink bitter waters.....)