The Chief Rabbi of Zichron Yaakov, Rabbi Mordechai Abramovski stated that a man and wife whose Ketuba (marriage contract) was burned in the fires could not live under the same roof until a new Ketuba is written. The ketuba is a document which the Rabbinical Authorities established during the Talmudic era to protect women’s rights in a marriage. Under Jewish law, couples cannot live together without a ketubah, since the wife will not have her rights legally/halachically protected.
Israel’s Chief Rabbis, Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef and Rabbi David Lau, both said on Monday that couples could continue to live together without a ketubah if it was burned in a fire. The rights of the wife are still protected because the rabbinates in which they registered their marriage maintain a copy of the Ketubah. Therefore it is permissible to stay together, however a replacement Ketubah should be written as soon as possible.
Israel’s Chief Rabbis, Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef and Rabbi David Lau, both said on Monday that couples could continue to live together without a ketubah if it was burned in a fire. The rights of the wife are still protected because the rabbinates in which they registered their marriage maintain a copy of the Ketubah. Therefore it is permissible to stay together, however a replacement Ketubah should be written as soon as possible.
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