A Groom's Obligations to His Wife
The ketubbah spells out the groom’s obligations to his wife and is given to her at their wedding. This is the only known Jewish marriage document from Bijar in Iranian Kurdistan, a community that had approximately 650 Jews prior to the Jews immigrating to Israel. Iran was an important center of ketubbah illustration in the lands of Islam, with a certain style for each major town and its environs. The floral adornments in pastel hues of purple, yellow, red, and green that frame the text are similar to the illuminated ketubbot from the nearby and larger town of Senandaj (Sena). The ketubbah notes that the gold coinage, toman, written in the dowry section, is the one “issued under Rezā Shāh Pahlavi (1878–1944).”
The ketubbah spells out the groom’s obligations to his wife and is given to her at their wedding. This is the only known Jewish marriage document from Bijar in Iranian Kurdistan, a community that had approximately 650 Jews prior to the Jews immigrating to Israel. Iran was an important center of ketubbah illustration in the lands of Islam, with a certain style for each major town and its environs. The floral adornments in pastel hues of purple, yellow, red, and green that frame the text are similar to the illuminated ketubbot from the nearby and larger town of Senandaj (Sena). The ketubbah notes that the gold coinage, toman, written in the dowry section, is the one “issued under Rezā Shāh Pahlavi (1878–1944).”