[Avodah] woman reading a ketuba

Zev Sero zev at sero.name
Fri Jan 2 06:53:15 PST 2009


Micha Berger wrote:

> The flaw is that if we really felt this line of reasoning, we wouldn't
> give the job out as a kibud. Mesadeir qedushin has to be qualified. The
> berakhos should be from people whose berakhos are more likely to
> matter. So giving these out are compliments, and thus kibudim.
> But reading the kesuvah?

The kesuvah-reader also has to be qualified - he has to be able to read
Aramaic without breaking his teeth.  Unfortunately, it seems that people
are not aware of this requirement, and too often give it to someone who,
however good he is at rabbonus or teaching, is unqualified for this job.

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Zev Sero                                     May the light of Chanukah
zev at sero.name                                brighten your life



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