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Should a secular name be written in a Kesuba in addition to ones Hebrew name?[1]
If one has a Hebrew name that is one’s more common name then there is no need to also write one’s secular name which is only rarely used, in the Kesubah. If they are both equally used, then one is to write the Hebrew name and then write the secular name in parentheses, or with prefacing the word “Demiskarya”
[1] See Rama E.H. 129:16; Beis Shmuel 129:31; Get Pashut 129:81; Igros Moshe E.H. 4:102; Mishpat Hakesuvah [Bar Shalom] 2:17 p. 94
How should the title of a Giyores who is also a Gerusha be written in the Kesuba?[1]
It suffices to simply write Giyorta, or Bas Avraham Avinu [if also her father is not Jewish], without also writing Masrachta. It does not suffice however to only write Masrachta.
[1] Radbaz 1:180; Pischeiy Teshuvah E.H. 66:8; Nivei Shalom Kesubos 3; Heichal Horah 1:219; Mishpat Hakesuba 63:16
Yes.
Admur 62:2; Tosafus Sotah 32a; Kneses Hagedola 422:7; Peri Chadash; Kaf Hachaim 422:26
Yes. This applies even if he is a mourner, within 12 months of mourning a parent.
Igros Kodesh 14:430; Minchas Yitzchak 9:134
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