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The following description was prepared by William Gross:

Colorful illustrated and ornamented Ketubah in Moroccan-Oriental handwriting, recording the marriage of the groom “charming young man, may he be blessed, prominent scholar Rabbi Avraham Pilosof”, and bride Joya daughter of Rabbi Raphael Moshe HaKohen. Signature of the groom and rabbinical signatures of witnesses Rabbi “Shlomo son of Rabbi Avraham” and “David son of Gij”. Jerusalem, 13 Sivan, 1879. The second witness is the Chief Rabbi of Larissa, David Angel, who in 1879, became a Shaliah of Beth El in Jerusalem for a term of 5 years. 

Groom Rabbi Avraham Pilosof (1864-1940), later known as one of the leading rabbis of Jerusalem, was born in Larissa (a city neighboring Thessaloniki, Greece); when he was approximately one year old and immigrated with his parents to Jerusalem. Studied Torah by scholars of Jerusalem; disciple of Rabbi Baruch Pinto who was a relative of his wife. Associate of “Beit E-l” and studied Kabbalah by Rabbi Yitzchak Sharim. In 1897 was appointed Dayan in Beit Din headed by Rabbi Ya’akov Shimon of Tallinn together with his rabbi, Rabbi Yitzchak Sharim. Upon establishment of the office of the rabbinate in 1921 was appointed as chief Av Beit Din of the Sephardic rabbinical court. Served in communal positions and led the Sephardic congregation of Jerusalem. 

The date of the marriage was 4 June 1879 (13 Sivan 5639).

It is a contract between Sephardic families from the city. 

Groom:                             Rabbi Avraham Pilisof, (1864 - 1940)       

Bride:                                Joya bat Raphael Moshe Hakohen