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Jewish News 24 · Aug 24, 2026

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Israel's Chief Rabbinate Council has approved new minimum and maximum amounts for ketubah payments, limiting the sum written into Jewish marriage contracts to between 36,000 and 360,000 shekels — roughly $11,000 to $110,000 — according to ynet. The decision, approved Aug. 16, follows years of disputes in rabbinical courts over excessively large ketubah commitments that some husbands could not realistically fulfill.

Israel's Chief Rabbinate Council has approved new minimum and maximum amounts for ketubah payments, limiting the sum written into Jewish marriage contracts to between 36,000 and 360,000 shekels — roughly $11,000 to $110,000 — according to ynet. The decision, approved Aug. 16, follows years of disputes in rabbinical courts over excessively large ketubah commitments that some husbands could not realistically fulfill.

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