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Category: Translation - Hebrew
Approval Date: 3/11/2026 2:32 PM
Family Surname: Goldberg
Country: USA
Date of Image: 1912

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In search of translation of my paternal grandparents' Ketubah; specifically the handwritten parts.

Based on their USA marriage certificate, they were married on November 3, 1912.

I'm hoping to determine names of any people mentioned here.

Thank you for your help.

Response

3/11/2026 10:23 PM

The Hebrew date of the wedding was the 24th of Cheshvan of the year 5673 (November 3rd, 1912, after sunset).

The location is smudged; possibly Newark or New York?

The groom was Gedalya son of Yitzchak (Isaac). In some mentions of his name, he is described as being a rabbi.

The bride was Toibe, daughter of Yisrael (Israel), deceased. Toibe is Yiddish for dove.

The signatures are hard to make out; here are some guesses:

First witness: Chayim [possibly Hyman in English] Geller___

Second witness: Avraham [?] Fridman

There are two additional signatures. One might be the rabbi?

______ Avraham Moshe son of _______

______ Yakdeshman [?]

3/12/2026 1:09 AM

Town: It's the way they usually spell New York on these Ketubtot: נויארק

The abbreviation that suggests he may have been a Rabbi: While a technically correct statement, on Ketubot and gravestones these are sprinkled about rather loosely, a way of honoring the persons named, not necessarily proof of their Rabbinical status. You would have to search for further proof that he really was a rabbi.

There is only one name on the bottom left:
L1: אברהם משה בן ---- Avraham Moshe son of ----
L2: מסדר הקידושין : The Rabbi offciating at the ceremony.
The first word of L1 is נאם which means: "The statement of", same as the printed word preceding each of the witness names.

3/15/2026 6:11 PM

I am returning in order to agree with the second helper:

The "two signatures" on the left side are actually one signature, followed by the words "mesader kidushin", which means that he was the person who had officiated at the marriage ceremony.

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