On the first day of the week, the nineteenth
day of the month of Tamuz, in the year five thousand forty one since
the creation of the world, according to our count here in the city
of Jerusalem in the holy land of Israel, the groom Áindle son of
Tigernach , said to the virgin Alianor daughter of Asriel haCohen::
"Be my wife according to the practice of
Moses and Israel, and I will cherish, honor, support and maintain
you according to the custom of Jewish husbands, who cherish, honor,
support and maintain their wives faithfully. And I here present you
with the marriage gift of virgins, two hundred silver zuzim, which
belong to you according to the law of Moses and Israel. And I will
also give you your food, clothing, and necessities, and live with
you as husband and wife according to the universal custom."
And Alianor, the virgin consented and became his wife. And the
property which she brought with her - including all silver, gold,
valuables, clothing, furnishings, and linen - Áindle the groom
accepted this in the sum of one hundred silver zuzim and Áindle the
groom consented to increase this amount from his own property with
the sum of one hundred silver zuzim, making two hundred silver zuzim
in total.
And thus said Áindle, the bridegroom, "I
accept upon myself and upon my heirs after me the responsibility to
pay this your price, this the value of your goods, and this my
additional gift, such that they will be paid from the best part of
my estate and acquisitions, all I have under the heavens, that which
I own now and that which I will come to own in the future. All my
property, land and chattels, even the shirt from my back, shall be
held mortgaged to pay this price, this value of goods, and this
additional gift, during my lifetime and after my life, from this day
and forever."
Áindle the groom has taken upon himself the
responsibility to pay this price, value of goods, and additional
gift, according to all the restrictive usages of all marriage
contracts and gifts therein which are customary for Jewish women, as
enacted by our Sages of blessed memory. It should not be regarded as
a matter unworthy of consideration, or as merely a formality.
And we have performed ritual acquisition from Áindle son of
Tigernach, the groom, on behalf of Alianor daughter of Asriel
haCohen the virgin, and we have used a garment legally fit for the
purpose, to strengthen all that is stated above.
Áindle ÓDiarmada Asriel haCohen Wilhelm Von Eisenburg Auf Odra