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size=2>From: "Eli Turkel" <A
href="mailto:eliturkel@gmail.com">eliturkel@gmail.com</A><BR><BR>any problem
with a woman reading a ketuba at a wedding?<BR><BR>-- <BR>Eli
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<DIV>Yes, there are several problems. One is that it will make people
laugh, stare, whisper and poke each other in the ribs, taking away from the
solemnity of the wedding ceremony. Another problem is that if the bride
herself was never given a speaking role in her own wedding -- presumably out of
concern for the modesty and bashfulness of a young maiden, having to speak up in
front of all those people -- it would be unseemly for some /other/ woman to have
a speaking part. The only woman who is ever supposed to be the focus of
attention at any public occasion is a kallah at her own wedding. It would
not be right for some other woman to steal the limelight away from the
kallah.<BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><BR></FONT><B><FONT color=#0000ff>--Toby
Katz<BR>==========<BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2
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