The jewish ketubah explained.
Mazel Tov! You’re engaged to be married! So, what are ketubahs anyway?
In a Jewish wedding, a bride and groom sign a ketuba (also sometimes spelled katuba, ketubbah, kettubbah, kettuba, ketubba, kettubah, katubbah, ketuvuh, and katubah), or the Jewish marriage contract, before the civil wedding ceremony with the rabbi or wedding officiant. The ketuba signifies the actual Jewish wedding.
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We do it all: Your Ketubah. Your Way.
Today, ketubahs (or ketubot, the Hebrew plural form of ketubah) are also meaningful.
personal works of art to remember your jewish or interfaith wedding ceremony, whether you had a traditional Jewish wedding (including Orthodox, Conservative, or Reform Judaism), an interfaith wedding or marriage, a gay/lesbian same sex wedding or gender neutral commitment ceremony, or a secular or anniversary celebration. We specialize in interfaith ketubahs. See www.e-chuppah.com for the chuppah (or huppah, the jewish wedding canopy) explained.
We can change almost anything, from the wording of your ketubah text, signature lines and colors of the design and to the artwork itself. Just ask!
Ketubah Studio by MP Artworks
Ketubahs designed to be different —
~ 200 artistic ketubot available exclusively from MP Artworks.
We offer:
The widest variety of artistic ketuba styles, on or off the ‘Net, from classical to modern and pop art.
Ketubbah texts for all types of weddings and ceremonies that can be “mixed and matched” with almost all of our designs. Specializing in interfaith ketubahs.
Personalization and custom options that make your katuba unique.
Your Ketubah. Your Way.
Ketubah Personalization & Customization
Customize It!
We can change almost anything, from the wording of your ketubah text, signature lines and colors of the design and to the artwork itself. Just ask!
Personalize It!
Let us fill in your ketubah text - with the names, the ceremony date and location - for you. (No searching for a calligrapher or relying on anyone else's handwriting. And your text truly becomes part of the artwork!)
With ~200 exclusive designs by our owner, Micah Parker (the most innovative and influential ketubah artist over the last two decades), and 13 other handpicked fine artists, find that perfect design that shows off your style! Start your selection ›
The easiest way to sign then beautifully display your ketubah at your wedding and beyond! Learn more ›
And make your rabbi happy. With ~40 text choices you'll find one to suit your needs--from traditional Orthodox or Conservative texts to those for an interfaith or same-sex marriage or anniversary. Customize any text, write your own, or get a third language! Get started ›
Customize the text, colors, and design. Change the poetic phrase. Personalize the text or design. Give us a photo to create your ketubah. Or we can provide you with the ketubah text and you paint the design. Learn more ›
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4Ketubahs that Celebrate Your Life Together... Since 1996!
We're unique! As a working artists' studio, owned-and-operated by artist Micah Parker, the art is what drives us first and foremost. But we're a professional business -- not a part-time artist who just threw up an Etsy storefront to see if he or she could make some extra cash until the economy rebounds. So, just because we give you the personal touch of a small artist-run shop, don't think we're not running a first-class company here. We've been doing this full-time since 1996. But you won't find here one of those impersonal online shops that never tell you who is running it (you know . . the types of sites that make up "certified" stickers to impress you). And because we know what we're doing, we offer big store benefits - like a 100% Happiness Guarantee even on personalized/customized ketubahs - that nobody else can.
We have shipped thousands and thousands of our ketubahs to happy couples all over the world, to every continent on earth except Antarctica. (And we're offering a steep discount to the first couple that gets married in Antarctica.)
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- What Our Clients Say
Ketubah - What is it?
Traditionally, the ketubah (sometimes spelled ketuba, katuba, ketubbah, and katubah) is a signed, Jewish marriage contract, but these days ketubot (the plural form of ketubah) are also meaningful, personal works of art to celebrate your wedding!
Our Ketubah Studio collection of ketubahs gives you all the extras you need for your wedding day — including a full array of custom ketubah options and texts for traditional Jewish weddings (including Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform), interfaith marriages, commitment ceremonies, secular and humanistic weddings, and anniversary celebrations.
We do it all: Your ketubah. Your way.
The Artwork Is Only The Half Of It
At MP Artworks we have multiple texts to fullfil the necessary requirements for every Jewish wedding from Orthodox to Conservative to Reform. We also have texts for interfaith marriages, same-sex commitment ceremonies, Secular Humanistic Jewish and secular non-denominational, plus other specialty texts like Canadian Reform, B'rit Ahuvim, anniversary and renewal texts with the majority of our offerings exclusive to us and available on every design we have.* If you can't find exactly what you want, you can mix and match various parts of our texts or provide your own custom text**. We'll translate it for you into Hebrew. We even offer the ability to have a third language, such as Spanish, Italian, French, Portugese, etc.
*Some designs have limitations as to the texts that are available on them.
**A text you supply must be either copyright free, or you must get permission from the copyright holder.
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Fine Art... for the rest of your life!
"Buy what you like." It’s the first rule that many art aficionados follow. Many of our ketubah clients did this, too, and when they, their friends and families started asking about non-ketubah prints of their favorite designs, we added them to our lineup!
MP Artworks is proud to offer many of Micah Parker’s most popular works – including many that first appeared as ketubah designs – through our collection of fine art prints.
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Glass for Breaking, Keepsakes for Keeping!
That’s why MP Artworks offers the functional works of art by acclaimed artist Gary Rosenthal, whose works combine various metals with brilliantly colored, fused glass to create stunning mezuzahs, menorahs and Kiddush cups. Plus the ever popular wedding glasses to break at the ceremony that can be inserted into any Judaica piece from the Broken Wedding Glass Collection.
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- What Our Clients Say
Nice words from nice people...
Thank you so much for all the amazing service you've been providing through this whole process! The wedding was great, and we're getting settled in our home together. It was really great to get that last minute ketubah coming through, and everyone remarked at how beautiful it was... My wife and I will recommend you to our friends (she already posted a facebook status about your excellent service!)
Charles
I can not begin to express how pleased I am with your site/work. At first, I was skeptical about ordering a ketubah over the internet. However, any questions I had were answered promptly and kindly. My call was immediatly answered by a knowledgable and very nice man. The ketubah arrived (very safely packaged) and it was more perfect than I could have imagined. You made one part of our wedding planning very easy! I have already and will continue to sing your praises! Thank you so much for such beautiful work.
Lauren
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