Svatební smlouva stanovuje závazky ženicha k nevěstě a je veřejně předčítána během svatebního obřadu.
V sefardských komunitách v Itálii, Severní Africe a v oblasti Balkánu má svatební smlouva často dva sloupce: jeden se týká sňatku, druhý zásnub.
What is a Ketubbah?
Arbib, Joseph Pino. Le Ketubbot: Esposte Nell’ufficio Del Rabbino Capo Della Communità Ebraica Di Roma [The Ketubbot: Exhibited in the Office of the Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Community of Rome]. Ed. Amedeo Spagnoletto, Rome: Litos, 2001.
Davidovitch, David, et al. The Ketuba: Jewish Marriage Contracts Through the Ages. Tel Aviv: E. Lewin-Epstein,1968.
Dolev, Gania, and Nitza Behroozi Bar-Oz, eds. A Local Wedding: Ketubbot from Eretz Israel 1800-1960. Tel Aviv: Eretz Israel Museum, 2004.
Grassi, Liliana, editor. Ketubbot italiane: Antichi Contratti Nuziali Ebraici Miniati [Italian Ketubbot: Illuminated Ancient Jewish Wedding Contracts]. Milan: Associazone Italiana Amici Dell’Università di Gerusalemme, 1984.
Melasecchi, Olga, and Amedeo Spagnoletto, eds. Antique Roman Ketubot: The Marriage Contracts of the Jewish Community of Rome. Rome: Campisano Editore and Museo Ebraico di Roma, 2018.
Passerman, Giuliana, and Laura Supino. Ketubot del Museo della Communità Ebraica di Roma [Ketubbot of the Museum of the Jewish Community in Rome. Jerusalem: ?? 1996).
Sabar, Shalom. Ketubbah: Jewish Marriage Contracts of the Hebrew Union College Skirball Museum and Klau Library. Philadelphia & New York: The Jewish Publication Society, 1990.
Sabar, Shalom. Mazal Tov: Illuminated Jewish Marriage Contracts from the Israel Museum Collection. Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 1994.
Sabar, Shalom. Ketubbah: The Art of the Jewish Marriage Contract. Jerusalem & New York: The Israel Museum and Rizzoli, 2000.
Sabar, Shalom. “From Textual to Visual: Illustrated Ketubbot in the Braginsky Collection.” A Journey through Jewish Worlds: Highlights from the Braginsky Collection of Hebrew Manuscripts and Printed Books, edited by E.M. Cohen et al., Amsterdam: Bijzondere Collecties, Universiteit van Amsterdam, 2009, pp. 159-223.
Zvolte jazyk