Definitions

• n. The tradition of reading the Ten Commandments in Ladino on Shavuot, as a symbolic marriage contract between God and the people of Israel to commemorate the giving of the Torah.

Example Sentences

Languages of Origin

• Ladino

Etymology

• Ketuba de la Lay, lit. 'Ketubah of the law'

Who Uses This

• Ottoman Sephardim: Jews with ancestry in Spain and, post-expulsion, in Turkey, Greece, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire

Regions

• North America

Dictionaries

• None

Alternative Spellings

Ketuba de la Ley, Ketuba de la Lei, Ketubba de la Lei, Ketubba de la Ley, Ketubba de la Lay, Ketubbah de la Lay, Ketubbah de la Ley, Ketubbah de la Lei