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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RuthEP, post: 10006470, member: 84346&quot;]Assyrians and Kurdi Jews still use aramaic, but yes, it&#039;s mostly reserved for talmud study and rituals. I have studied some talmud, but in fact once you are familiar with the format of the ketubbah, as it&#039;s a ritual contract, you don&#039;t need to understand the language. You simply go to the imaginary dotted lines where the date, the place and the names are. There is still some research involved after that, as Hebrew town name spellings can be very challenging to match with local language spellings. However, my expertise in ketubbot doesn&#039;t come from knowing Hebrew or Aramaic but from working in the auctioneering business and now in a heritage research institute. Most Hebrew speakers won&#039;t be able to read or understand this type of ketubbahs -&nbsp; it&#039;s like reading a medieval manuscript for English speakers. There are traditional groups (sephardi and maghrebi Jews) who preserve the usage of solitreo but mostly it&#039;s gone.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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