Marriage witnesses for the Jewish code and new Moroccan code

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The inalienable rights of Jewish women are also highlighted. The ketubah requires a signature by two witnesses renowned for their respect for Jewish law. The presence of these witnesses is essential to validate the marriage. They allow us to bear witness to the Jewishness of the spouses and therefore to their future descendants.

For the new Moroccan Family Code, it introduces the possibility of formalizing engagement, by enshrining the marriage contract as the primary proof of conjugality. This reform also provides for the establishment of exceptional cases for the admission of testimony relating to marriage, thus making it possible to strengthen the legal certainty surrounding the validity of the matrimonial bond.

In addition, the reform project provides for an innovative provision allowing Moroccans residing abroad to contract marriage without the obligation to resort to the presence of Muslim witnesses in situations where their presence would be impossible.