Three Legal Documents Processed by Beth Din of Amsterdam: Tena’im Acharonim [Nuptial Agreement]. * Shtar Chalitzah [Certificate Pertaining to Levirate Marriage]. * Promissory Note

(WOMEN).

Amsterdam

1803

Printed documents with manuscript additions

The Shtar Chalitzah records the loan of one thousand Dutch Reichsthaler by Hendele, wife of Joseph, to her brother-in-laws, Moses and Joel, to be repaid to her only in the event of her husband Joseph dying without issue, thus requiring her to receive chalitzah from her brothers-in-law. (It would seem this loan - would serve as an inducement to the brothers-in-law to cooperate in the ritual of chalitzah, which would then allow their widowed sister-in-law to remarry.) The Promissory Note states that one “Yatcha” acknowledges her debt of five thousand Dutch Reichsthaler to her married daughter Leah