<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>--- On <B>Wed, 2/25/09, Micha Berger <I><micha@aishdas.org></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><PRE>I think the question had more to do with why that last quph (or the
entire word "veqanina") had to be done at the wedding.
The reason is mechzei keshaqra if it's not done at the time of the
qinyan, not the vailidity of the kesuvah. Tannaim too.
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<DIV>As I indicated in my last comment. the Kuf is not Me-akev. The whole idea behind leaving the kuf out is that the Eidim are supposed to witness the Kinayn Sudar that Chasan makes on the Kesuba. Once that happens the Kuf is filled in. But there is no Shtar w/o Eidim. (Eidm Chasumim Al HaShatr Naaseh K'Mi Shenechkaru B'Bes Din.). It is the Eidm that validate it and nothing more.</DIV>
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<DIV>I discussed this with RAS's, son - R' Eliyahu - who is a Baki in all his father's Teshuvos and he corroborated this.</DIV>
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