Sometimes, people ask us, “Who is Team Ketubah?”. After all, we talk a lot about Team Ketubah this, Team Ketubah that, on our blog, on Etsy Ketubah page, everywhere!

Why do we call ourselves “Team Ketubah”? Well, for a few reasons!

First, it’s fun :) We like to have fun every moment. Life is short and we can die any second; therefore, lets do everything with passion, with a smile, and with complete integrity and honor!

Second, we are a team! You can read all about us on our Ketubah team page — and we’re proud of each and every one of us. Ariel, Autumn, Brad, Morgan (that’s me!), Nina, Yael, and everyone else (Hi Scott! Jacobo! And everyone else!!!) we work closely with who makes our awesomeness happen — we’re close, we’re always in our studio together, we love what we do!

The obvious follow-up question is…. “What is Ketubah HQ?”. We also get that, because we often talk about Team Ketubah’s “Ketubah HQ” or “Ketubah Headquarters”. And the answer… our arts studio!

We have a studio, and a showroom. Our studio is here in Buenos Aires, where the artists mostly live and spend most of their time. We’d love to meet any of you — if you happen to make it down to Buenos Aires. Drinks are on us! We’re very proud of our studio: it’s not huge and it’s not the hipster show-off Andy Warhol factory-like Studio… but there’s a half-dozen of us who spend 60 hours/week each here… and we just love it. We’re proud of what we do, our space — about our little Ketubah universe we’re building.

Our showroom is in New York, because two of us go to NY for half the year. So there’s a 50% chance we’re there any time. Want to see us? Drop us a line and ask, there’s a good 1-in-2 chance we’re there any time.

We’d love to meet you. Call us and come visit us. We’d especially love to welcome any of you here in Argentina!

-morgan
Team Ketubah

Great news: we’ve recently been getting more and more couples from the UK and as a result… we’ve just started printing ketubot in London! We found a fantastic print-shop there, did a whole series of obsessive testing and the results are… incredible!

So what does this mean?

If any couple in London, England or the UK wants a Ketubah… we no longer need to send it internationally! That saves on both shipping costs and customs duties!

And it also means we can do rush ketubot at the last minute in England, too!

Woo-hoo! Hashem Save the Queen!!!

Are you in the UK and interested in a Ketubah? Say hi!!

-Morgan
Team Ketubah

Wow, we just sent our first Ketubah to Hawaii! Yay! Honolulu, here come our Ketubahs!!!

It’s so exciting to see our Ketubot go all around the country, and world!

I’ll confess… I didn’t even know there were Jews in Hawaii. Who would’ve thunk?!

Okay, back now to watching Princesses: Long Island! ;)

-Morgan
Team Ketubah

Some Ketubah artists like signing their ketubot. It makes you feel good: you create a great work of art, and your name is there, permanently, in the corner, for them to see every day!

We don’t do that (although we offer optionally, certificates of authenticity).

Let me explain our thinking.

We’ve created more than 500 ketubot as of the moment I’m writing it, and worked with almost the same number of rabbis. And a large number of rabbis have told us that:

According to the Halacha, there should be no signature on the Ketubah, other than the official signatures (such as the witnesses) — because, if there is, it could theoretically create ambiguity over this other signature on the control.

This is similar to how, if two people sign a legal contract, if there are random other signatures on the legal contract, a judge could have doubts about the validity of the contract if there’s a dispute.

Although Rabbis debate these sorts of questions among themselves and, as the old joke goes, 2 Jews, 3 Opinions, this makes sense to us. Plus, it makes it easier for us considering our artists are mostly in Argentina!

In order to make it clear that every Ketubah is unique, we also offer all couples a Certificate of Authenticity along with their Ketubah.

Sometimes, it’s a bit scary to buy a Ketubah online: what if there’s a problem? What if it doesn’t look good? What will it even look like in person? Is it even valid according to the Halacha?

Before the 2000s, almost everyone bought their Ketubah through their local Judaica store. But the Internet has been revolutionizing the Ketubah industry, as it has almost every other industry; today, almost all Ketubot are purchased online. Even Chassidic rabbis, who barely used Ketubot from Ketubah artists online a generation ago, now often recommend finding a ketubah online.

There are three big risks to buying a ketubah online: what if it looks different than the online photo? What if you don’t like it? And who can you talk to if you have any questions or problems?

Let me explain how we at Team Ketubah HQ (for This is Not a Ketubah – yes it is!) deal with these three risks. We’re obsessed with eliminating all risks and ensuring that your Ketubah is 1000% perfect, so we do a lot of little things to make sure we eliminate all the risks.

First, what will the material even look like? This is hard to solve online, so there are two solutions to that. First, we have lots and lots of photos and descriptions of our Ketubot — including photos from lots of couples! Looking at lots and lots of photos, not just graphical images but photos, goes a long way towards showing you what they look like.

A second solution is, we work with Judaica stores in a few major cities (New York, where we have a studio half the year, so you can meet us in person and see lots of our works then; Los Angeles; and Toronto, as of now!) so just ask us and we’ll recommend where to go to see our Ketubot in person, if you happen to be by one of those major cities!

The second problem is, what if you don’t like it? This risks exists anywhere, with anything you buy, and we combat it with our awesome no-questions money back guarantee! There are a few minor footnotes (we don’t refund customization or personalization work for example) but you don’t like it, we’ll give you your money back!! Just make sure you order it with enough time and there’s no risk because you can always send it back: this is how deeply confident we are in our work: we put our money where our mouth is!

The third risk is, what if you have a question or problem? Well, here at Ketubah HQ, we go all-out to give you the awesomest customer service in the ketubah universe! If you have any question at any time, just give us a call: (347) 627-0022 or email Nina directly at nina@tinak.org and we’ll get back to you by the next business day hopefully!

But the biggest risk of all is… what if your rabbi doesn’t approve? Have no fear–we will work closely with your rabbi in order to ensure he 100% approves! We will never print a Ketubah without the authorization of your rabbi!

The Ketubah universe is more digital by the moment! Any questions? Doubts? Fears? Hesitations? Just ask! We love talking to everyone! :)

-Morgan
Team Ketubah