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Selected Reform Responsa 169

Even Haezer 33.1, 42. 1). The marriage subsequently conducted in the Synagogue , and the resultant ketubah, would confirm an already existing status. The bride may very well have entered into the original relationship as a virgin.

On all these grounds, it would be wise either to refrain from any kind of designation of status for the woman in the ketubah(for which there is ample precedent), or simply to use the designation virgin as part of a standard formula. We may standardize it in exactly the same spirit as some of the economic elements of the ketubah which no longer possess significance for us.

Walter Jacob

Walter Jacob, Contemporary American Reform Responsa, New York , Central Conference of American Rabbis, 1987,# 187.