[Avodah] kesuvah

[Eli Turkel]

<<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.>>

First - the fact that sefardim put in large amounts in the kesuvah doesn't
mean that it is ever collected. Secular courts dont base their decisions on
the kesuvah.

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.

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.

-- 
Eli Turkel
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