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Category: Translation - Yiddish
Approval Date: 4/8/2026 4:01 PM
Family Surname: Abram Freed & Bella Lipshitz
Country: Belarus
Town: Červień, Belarus
Date of Image: 1892

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Marriage contract (Ketubah) between Abram Freed & Bella Lipshitz, my great grandparents. They lived in the town of Igumen (modern Červień), about 40 miles southeast of Minsk, the provincial capital of White Russia (modern Belarus). I would like to know the date of the document, who the witnesses are, and any other information that would help me understand the life and times of my ancestors. Although I think that the lettering in this document is Hebrew, I cannot tell what language it is written in. Thanks! Michael Freed

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4/11/2026 9:40 AM

Date: 15th of Tamuz, 5654 = Thu, 19 July 1894
Place: the village of ----- [not Igumen - which was a district in the province of Minsk. A longish name starting with Ap or Ep or Af or Ef probably ending with kes]

Groom Avraham son of Moshe
Bride: Bluma daughter of Aharon Yitskhak
Language: Aramaic
Script: Hebrew
Document: A ketuba.
Witnessed by:
Avraham Yitskhak son of Shmuel
Tzvi son of Avraham Yaakov

4/11/2026 9:52 AM

The Aramaic text is the standard text of any Ketuba - see here for example Ketubah Text - https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/532557/jewish/Ketubah.htm

The bride was a maiden, i.e. not previously married.

4/14/2026 12:12 PM

Witnesses are never related, only acquaintances

6/28/2026 12:52 PM

Sorry I cannot add any insight to this, but if you would please connect with me by email, I would love to discuss what you know about the Bella Lipshitz family...my Lipshitz ancestors are also from what is now Belarus and I wonder if there are any connections between our families. Thank you! Marci Lipschultz Mroz ncmroz59@gmail.com

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