1. Where did you order from? I am looking at Ketubah.com 2. Did you have the personaliztion done? FH and I are in disagreement about this -- He thinks it looks more personal if you fill in the blanks by hand -- he said the more handwriting, the more personal it looks. I'm not sure if it will just look messy. and finally, 3. Which text option did you use? I am probably going to do reform.
Thanks in advance! #2 is the most important right now.
PreshusSmurf
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We ordered our Ketubah from TheKetubah.com, which is the website for the artist Stephanie Caplan.
Everything is written out in a hebrew hand calligraphy, so we had her also do all the personalization in the same hand calligraphy so it all matched.
This is the text we chose, I guess it is considered reformed ... our wedding was interfaith
Here's a picture of it all filled in an signed at the Reception
sds
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My daughter got hers from Ketubah.com. She got a Michelle Rummel and it is really a piece of art. I would definitely have the place print as much as they could. Just the signatures should be done in ink, IMO. We had it framed and it is beautiful. Good Luck
We didn't get the personalization, but if I could go back, I would have it done. My Rabbi filled ours out, and it looks kinda sloppy!!
And for our text option we chose conservative with the lieberman clause (it's what my Rabbi asked for). DEFINITELY speak to your Rabbi before you order your ketubah, most will have some sort of text preference.
i ordered mine from ketubahsandmore. com they had MUCH cheaper prices than the other websited for the same ketubah i did not have it personalized
JayLi2007
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We ordered ours directly from the artist, but we found it on Ketubah.com. It was cheaper to buy direct. We did have it personalized - I agree with you. And we chose a reform text - there are plenty to choose from, so just find one that says something that reflects how you feel about each other. Pics in my wedding albums if you want to look.
roan126
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Posted by PreshusSmurf
We ordered our Ketubah from TheKetubah.com, which is the website for the artist Stephanie Caplan.
Everything is written out in a hebrew hand calligraphy, so we had her also do all the personalization in the same hand calligraphy so it all matched.
This is the text we chose, I guess it is considered reformed ... our wedding was interfaith
Here's a picture of it all filled in an signed at the Reception
This is our Ketubah!!! I ordered it directly from Stephanie Caplan. She has a studio in the Village and I went there and saw it. Her website is theketubah.com. I had the conservative text since our rabbi is conseravative, and she is doing the calligraphy.
evnme
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we used ketubah.com for our ketubah.
IMO it is nicer to have the personalization done by the artist, rather than your clergy person. we had the artist do our personalization.
but if $$ is the issue, since it costs more to have it done professionaly, then it is fine to have your clergy person do it.
we used the reform text b/c we are reform. ask your rabbi or cantor to guide you as to which text to use.
MsPotterhead
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Thank you ladies! Its really not a $ issue, its just for some odd reason FH thinks its more authentic if Rabbi fills it out. Thanks to all the ladies who suggested we ask the Rabbi before ordering -- we don't have a Rabbi! The Rabbi we wanted to use will be out of the country for the whole month of July, so we have to figure out what we are doing, but we are definitely reform.
LongDistanceFiance
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We used mpartworks.com for ours. There was a misunderstanding with the rabbi as to who was ordering a ketubah (he said he was going to make one) and then two weeks before the wedding he said 'when we meet the day before I need you to bring the ketubah' (he's old...he's been with my temple for over 30 years, perhaps senile?)
So we freaked out, and mpart was able to get us a personalized ketubah printed in under 24 hours and at our house two days later for a relatively reasonable price given the rushed shipping. It helped that it was december so it was slow season for them, but they were great.
We used one of the interfaith wordings that they had available.
I agree with the person who said that personalization is better because the rabbi may be sloppy! The signatures on the bottom matter most.
