Gender Neutralizing Ketubbah with Instructions by Jonah Rank and Raysh Weiss

Source Link: https://opensiddur.org/?p=7889

Date: 2013-12-15

Last Updated: 2025-04-11

Categories: Ketubot & other Shtarot (Documents)

Tags: gender, wedding, כתובה ketubbah

Excerpt: On [day of the week] of the [day of the month] of the month of [month] in the year [year], as we count here in [location], behold, the soul of [name of one member of the couple] and the soul of [name of the other member of the couple] wrote one to the other in documents indicating that the entirety of each soul is consecrated one to the other in accordance with the law of Moses and Israel. They both shall serve, cherish, sustain, and support one another, in accordance with the laws of the Jews. Behold, all that which is written above has been accepted upon these two souls in the valid manner of interconnecting souls. All of the above is in proper, good standing. . . .

Content:

Jonah and Raysh’s Finished Ketubbah

התוכן הבא כולל:	The following contents include:
כתובה מְֿנֻקֶּדֶת שנכתבה על ידי ר וייס ויונה רֶנק, בעזרת אביהם הרב רפאל פרץ בן שמחה וחנה רנק וכמה ממורי יונה ור; כתובה זו מופיעה חסרת הסברים ואחר כך מלאת הסברים. והשגות (שמופיעות בהערות שוליים) לכתובה האשכנזית הנפוצה שֶׁבְּֿרב שִׁמּוּשׁ.	The vocalized Ketubbah written by Raysh Weiss and Jonah Rank, with the help of their father Rabbi Perry Raphael Rank and several teachers of Jonah’s and Raysh’s; this Ketubbah appears first without directions, and then with directions. A critical commentary (in footnotes) on a “traditional,” widespread Ashkenazic Ketubbah.
הפירושים נכתבו על ידי יונה, ומאושרים (ולפעמים מתוקנים) על ידי ר. כל שגיאה ושגיאה נכתבה על ידי יונה.	All notes have been written by Jonah, but approved (and often improved) by Raysh. All mistakes by Jonah. DOWNLOAD PDF | ODT

בס”ד	With the help of Heaven:
בּ[מספר היום בשבוע] בַּשַּׁבָּת בּ[מספר היום בחודש] לְֿחֹֽדֶש [שם החודש] שְֿׁנַת [מספר השנה] לִבְרִיאַת עוֹלָם לַמִּנְיָן שֶׁאָֽנוּ מוֹנִין כַּאן בּ[שם המקום] אֵיךְ נַפְשָׁא ד[שם אחת משתי הנפשות המתקשרות] וְֿנַפְשָׁא ד[שם האחרת משתי הנפשות המתקשרות] כְּֿתַבוּ חֲדָא לַתִּנְיֵיתָא בִּשְׁטָרִין דְּֿכֽוֹלָּא נַפְשָׁא אִיקַּדַּשַׁת לְֿכֽוֹלָּא דִּילָהּ כְּדַת מֹשֶׁה וְֿיִשְׂרָאֵל וְֿתַרְתֵּיהוֹן לִיפְלְֿחָן וְֿלוֹקִירָן וְֿלֵיזוּנָן וְֿלִיפַרְנְֿסָן חֲדָא לַחֲדָא כְּֿהִלְכוֹת יְֿהוּדָאִין וְֿאֵיךְ דְּֿכֽוֹלָּא אִידֵּךְ דִּכְתִיב לְֿעֵיל קְֿבֵיל עַל תַּרְתֵּין נַפְשָׁתָֽנָא הָלֵין בְּֿמָנָא דְּֿכָשֵׁר לְֿמִיקְֿטַר וְֿהַכֹּל שָׁרִיר וְֿקַיָּם	On [day of the week] of the [day of the month] of the month of [month] in the year [year], as we count here in [location], behold, the soul of [name of one member of the couple] and the soul of [name of the other member of the couple] wrote one to the other in documents indicating that the entirety of each soul is consecrated one to the other in accordance with the law of Moses and Israel. They both shall serve, cherish, sustain, and support one another, in accordance with the laws of the Jews. Behold, all that which is written above has been accepted upon these two souls in the valid manner of interconnecting souls. All of the above is in proper, good standing.
נְֿאוּם נְֿאוּם	The word of [name of one of the two witnesses] The word of [name of the other of the two witnesses]

Contributor: Jonah Rank

Co-authors:

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  Name: Jonah Rank
  Bio: Rabbi Jonah Rank is President and Rosh Yeshivah of Hebrew Seminary: A Rabbinical School for the Deaf and Hearing. An award-winning Jewish songwriter, Rabbi Rank earned an MA in Jewish Thought and was ordained in 2015 at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Rabbi Rank has been involved in Jewish education for many years and served as the Maskil (“Teacher-of-Tradition”) at the Shaar Shalom Synagogue in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where his spouse, Rabbi Dr. Raysh Weiss, served as Senior Rabbi. While living in Canada, Rabbi Rank initiated the annual Halifax Communal Beit Midrash, and collaborated with the community’s Education Committee in rebooting the Halifax Joint Hebrew School. Following his family’s return to the U.S, he became the Director of the Shul School at Kehilat HaNahar in New Hope, Pennsylvania. While managing the supplementary school, Rabbi Rank co-led a Virtual Youth Arts Beit Midrash serving youth across five states, designed a virtual reality Purim carnival, and created curricular materials for young Jews to engage with Jewish notions of responsibility towards marginalized communities and to the planet. Rabbi Rank has authored several academic articles, served as the Managing Editor of Zeramim: An Online Journal of Applied Jewish Studies, and is currently editing Siddur Kanfey HaShekhinah, a forthcoming traditional Ashkenazi Hebrew prayer book, where the language referring to God is with feminine grammar. An advocate for civic causes, Rabbi Rank was appointed in 2021 to the Environmental Advisory Council in the Township of Lower Makefield, Pennsylvania. Rabbi Rank’s recently moved with his family to Natick, Massachusetts.
  Website: https://jonahrank.wordpress.com
  Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/jonah-rank
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  Name: Raysh Weiss
  Bio: Rabbi Raysh Weiss PhD is the Rabbi of Congregation Beth El of Bucks County and is married to fellow rabbi and musician Jonah Rank, and they enjoy davening and dreaming with their two extraordinary kids.
  Website:
  Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/raysh-weiss

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Title: Jonah and Raysh’s Ketubbah
Caption: Jonah and Raysh's Finished Ketubbah