Sunday, 28 February 2016

maseches kesubos - Nowadays, do we write "besulah" & "200 zuz" in the ketubah for every woman's first marriage?


I remember once hearing that even though the mishnah & gemara in Maseches Ketubah state that a besulah/ virgin maiden gets 200 zuz for a ketubah (and a a be'ulah/non-virgin maiden gets 100 zuz)-- nevertheless so as not to embarrass the bride (ie if she were a ba'al teshuva etc),
the practice nowadays for a first marriage is to write 200 zuz in every ketubah.


Is this true/ source?




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