Gordon Tucker / Egalitarian Text

​​​​​​​On the _______ day of the week, the _______  day of the month of _______, in the year _______, as we are accustomed to reckon it here, in _______, _______, we hereby testify that the groom, _______, son of _______ and _______ of the family _______ said to the bride, _______, daughter of _______ and _______ of family _______, “You are consecrated to me as my wife, with this ring, according to the laws of Moses and Israel,” and that the bride _______ _______ said to the groom _______ _______, “You are consecrated to me as my husband with this ring, according to the laws of Moses and Israel.” The groom _______ _______ and the bride _______ _______ accepted all the conditions of betrothal and marriage as set forth by biblical law and by the rulings of the sages of blessed memory. The groom and bride further agreed willingly to work for one another, to honor, support, and nurture one another, to live with one another, and to build together a household of integrity as befits members of the Jewish people. The bride accepted a ring from the groom, and the groom accepted a ring from the bride, for the purposes of creating this marriage and to symbolize their love. The groom and bride also accepted full legal responsibility for the obligations herein taken on, as well as for the various properties entering the marriage from their respective homes and families, and agreed that the obligations in this ketubah may be satisfied even from movable property. We have had both the groom and the bride formally acquire these obligations to the other, with an instrument fit for such purposes. Thus all is in order and in force.

Signed: ____________________ (witness)
Signed: ____________________ (witness)