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Halitzah certificate

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A document signed by the brother(s) of the groom pledging to submit to halitzah without remuneration in case their brother dies childless.

Translations

  • Hebrewתעודת חליצה
  • GermanChalitza-Bestätigung
  • RussianСвидетельство о халице
  • FrenchCertificat de Lévirat
  • DutchChalitsa document
  • ItalianCertificato di halitzah
  • CzechZávazek k podstoupení obřadu chalica
  • HungarianHalica igazolás
  • SpanishCertificado de jalitzá
  • GreekΠιστοποιητικό για την χαλιτσά
  • PolishCertyfikat chalicy
  • Arabicعقد خلع الحذاء (حاليتسا)
  • Yiddishחליצה־בריוו
  • LadinoChertifikato de halitzah

Bibliography

Greenstone, Julius H. editor. “Halitzah.” Jewish Encyclopedia: The Unedited Full-Text of the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia.

Sarna, Jonathan D. and Dvorah E. Weisberg. “A Writ of Release from Levirate Marriage (Shtar Halitzah) in 1807 Charleston.” The American Jewish Archives Journal, vol. 63, no. 1, 2011, pp. 38-55.

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