Word: kethubahs
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...divorce his wife at will; "some uncleanness in her" has even been interpreted to include bad cooking or fading looks. It has been up to the rabbis to hobble the tempted with rituals and restrictions. One device dating back at least to the 5th century B.C. is the Kethubah (literally, "what is written"), a contract by which a Jewish husband must make provision for any wife he divorces. In about A.D. 1000, Germany's Rabbi Gershom ben Judah banned polygamy for Jews of the Western world and decreed that if there were no overt offense (such as adultery...
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