Ketubah between God and Israel for Shavuot
In the Sephardic tradition, a “marriage contract” (ketubah), a symbolic betrothal of God and Israel, is read before the Torah reading on the first day of the holiday of Shavuot, which celebrates the giving of the Torah to the people of Israel. This rare example of such a ketubah is from Italy. The figures of Moses and Aaron stand to either side of the text, and other stories from the life of Moses are illustrated above and below it.
Credits
Marriage Contract for Shavuot. Gift of Dr. Harry G. Friedman / The Jewish Museum, New York.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 5.
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