[Avodah] kesuvah

[Arie Folger]

On Friday, 20. July 2007 17.08:21 Eli Turkel wrote:
> <<Our financial negotiations make the divorce close somewhat supefluous,
> but the other elements are still necessary, and nowadays, they gain in
> importance,
> esp. the part about working, etc.
> By the way, the divorce element of the ketubah is still a moral message,
> and among Sefardim it is brought up to current standards of living, so that
> it loses none of its potency.>>
>
> Second - does anyone base their husband-wife relationship today on the
> kesuvah in terms of a wife's earnings? I assume that no one has ransomed
> his wife in many years.

As I posted a while ago, it is implicit, in that women earn far more than the 
expected ma'aseh yadayim in the days of Chazal, and thus, many batei din hold 
that the excess over a relatively modest sum is hers to keep anyway.

> In a slightly different area I still hear from rabbis about problems with
> women donating to Charity. In most familties I know the woman decides on
> the budget rather than the husband. Major purchases are probably mutual.
> Very few families have the husband as the sole decisor on major purchases.

Interesting comment, but not germane to this discussion.

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